Recent content by thudpucker

Hey! I never thought of using one of those little hand-held thingy's to get a boat sanded... I'm awed. You are functioning as you work. Looks gooder each time I see it.

How about Log Oil? Just plain ol' Porch and Deck Oil.

By the time America gets the Shale oil coming, the Canadians will have sold it all to the Chinese. By then we won't have enough tillable land to make Vegetable oils in quantities to keep America's Industries going. Looks like the Solar, Wind and Algae fuels are going to be a reality after all.

That crew, and enough driftwood, could turn anything over! How about Air bags? There might be some of them, in an industrial size, available, or buildable.

We need those computer experts on the IRS job in Washington DC.

Pictures would help. You may not have enough of an arc to the bottom. Pushing water with the prow will make the boat go crazy.

I'm sure the Phosphate worked well on a Test Bench environment. The same stuff, in a Vibrating Fuel tank cannot bond well enough to keep Oxygen away from the metal. Cracks will show up and the Rust will continue. B&S wanted us to buy new tanks. Made out of the same stuff the originals were made...

You may be right on the verge of a big problem. Firs: Test that Solenoid by connecting a wire to the Battery or the big Red wire, and touch it to the Small terminal. The solenoid should pull up and the starter start turning. If that happens, you win big. Just connect your starter button to that...

Red +>>>Relay (which is a switch, making the two large Red wires take the Battery current to the Starter. Your push button starter switch, sends Battery current to the small terminal on the Relay. That's all you need to start that motor. If you have two small terminals on the Relay, I don't...

Your doin OK. The Relay connects the Red from the Battery to the Red going to the starter. The small wire from the Push Button goes to one of the small terminals on the Relay. If you have another small terminal, it connects to Ground, or the Black wire to Ground.

Yessir! That's what I recalled from Chemistry. But that was a long time ago and I was hoping for a minor miracle developed since then. It looks like I'll scratch it out with sand or rocks and replace the Cup as I did before. Thank you all for the replies.

Yes that T-Plastic, Fuel/oil resistant stuff would be the correct answer. If I could draw pictures I could show you the complicated part of this problem.

The Rust cannot be stopped unless you can keep Oxygen away from the Metal. I've never heard of a Paint that will stop Rusting.

Nope! The Molasses has to be completely washed out before using the tank. To nite I see an "Electrolysis" method of turning the Rust to black Carbon. I'll look into that some time this week.

Molasses mixed 1 to 10 water. Let it set for a week maybe. So I'm told. The Bladder would be a Tough thing to make/fit. The Tank has two parts, one for fuel, and one smaller cup for the main jet to get it's fuel from. I have fixed these with a Chain Saw filter for the main fuel pickup, and...