Peashooter said:
Have any of you all used Caswell yourselfs in a fiberglass tank? I just want to get it right the first time. I have fought improperly applied Cream in steel tanks before, and it's a mess.
yes - the only way to get a good sealing job is to do it twice - follow all the instructions to the letter on the first coat then real seal again after the first coat was hardened.
that being said, after doing 4-5 tanks with the caswell and having them all eventually leak (some took 2-3 years, but they did)- i have sworn off the fiberglass tanks and gone to alloy ones. The problem if that no matter what, the ethanol in the gas will eventually find its way through and eat a hole in the tank and RUIN your paint job. I once had the small leak become a flood while on a moderately long trip, and only lots of JB weld and sand-paper got me home.
In additon the melting glass has to go somewhere - and thats our cylinder head where it will coat your intakes and your valves and can eventually cause damage to them
- if you have "real" gas in your neck of the woods maybe you'd fair off a bit better.
if your tight - caswell the tank and don't get a good paint job - but plan on replacing it when the $ is there
otherwise get a good steel /alloy tank and forget about it
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