Dear Allan

i hope you do not take the following post as an insult to your intelligence
but in the interest of safety i will venture forward

Prior to proceeding with any gasoline tank repairs ...

if repairing in the home garage ... read your home owners policy to see if
burning the house down while doing own repairs is covered

ensure all lights on extension cords or used for remote light are non
breakable low heat
ensure there is adequate ventilation in your work area
remove all gasoline from the tank before attempting to remove tank from the
vehicle

if there is even the remotest chance that you will introduce sparks or open
flame to the work area
have the tank steam cleaned by professionals prior to attempting repairs and
immediately after removal

Most importantly remember that furnaces in the work area ... are a source of
flame or spark
remember also that if there are heater vents from the regular house forced
air heater ...
fumes can seep into the vents and make their way to the fire chamber ...

good luck with your repairs ...
yours

On Jan 27, 2008 5:49 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> On Jan 27, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>
> >  If this van is new to you consider that the upper leaks have been
> > there for a while which also mean that road debris and water have
> > gotten in
>
> Yeah good point.  If I have to drop the tank, which seems inevitable,
> I will definitely be going over it to be sure it's not perforated,
> and plan to clean up and POR-15 the whole thing.
>
> Allan
>

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Picking up garbage and telling people things.
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