The tags on the tanks say they were built in 1997, and there are dime sized holes.Looks like the installer tried to shim them up with rubber hose but on the outside of both you can see the corrosion is where the moisture is trapped.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:58 PM, e b <[email protected]> wrote: > how old were the tanks, if they were original and lasted 40 years do you > think you really need to coat them.... good bedding compoud where the > cleats were were should be enough to take care of preventing trapped > moisture, they will last 60 years then.. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:34:35 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] aluminum fuel tanks > > I'm having new fuel tanks made for my salty dog, has anyone had any > experience with coating them? I am having people suggest coating them with > truck bed liner to protect them from moisture being trapped which looks > like why the old ones failed. The old ones had 2x2 cleats holding them in > place, this is where most of the corrosion was happening. thanks for any > advice. John > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/unifliteworld/-/hyiUSfdMHV0J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
