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I have a ’76 GW that was owned by an old guy… I guess I should clarify that statement… I’m almost 60 & he is older than me… Okay, back to the question… The bike was only used on the weekends & it must have been sitting for some time before I bought it because it almost wouldn’t make it up the street when I took it for a test ride… It ran good after about 3 or 4 tanks of gas… BUT the 1[sup]st[/sup] time I had to put it on reserve it clogged the glass fuel filter with black crap… I’m not sure if it was rust or what… That was in May… Today I strip the bike down & pulled the tank out (I won’t tell you how many hrs it took) but did get it out… Now my son-in-law is a Mgr for Autozone & I ask him what he would use to clean it… He said CLR bathroom cleaner & marbles… Then I asked him if I should seal the tank after cleaning it… He said there was something on the market but it was not compliant & they pulled it… Does anyone think I should seal it or not… If I use CLR & then rinse it out with gas, do you think that will be good enough?
TNX, Jim
I have a ’76 GW that was owned by an old guy… I guess I should clarify that statement… I’m almost 60 & he is older than me… Okay, back to the question… The bike was only used on the weekends & it must have been sitting for some time before I bought it because it almost wouldn’t make it up the street when I took it for a test ride… It ran good after about 3 or 4 tanks of gas… BUT the 1[sup]st[/sup] time I had to put it on reserve it clogged the glass fuel filter with black crap… I’m not sure if it was rust or what… That was in May… Today I strip the bike down & pulled the tank out (I won’t tell you how many hrs it took) but did get it out… Now my son-in-law is a Mgr for Autozone & I ask him what he would use to clean it… He said CLR bathroom cleaner & marbles… Then I asked him if I should seal the tank after cleaning it… He said there was something on the market but it was not compliant & they pulled it… Does anyone think I should seal it or not… If I use CLR & then rinse it out with gas, do you think that will be good enough?
TNX, Jim