Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[Rookie]

I would just put a por15 tank sealer kit through it and paint the outside.

[Ghostchips]

Any thoughts on if hot dip zinc/galvanizing would fill pin holes in welding?

Got a small steel fuel tank with a pile of pin holes (I can't weld), couple of people have suggested getting it dipped to A: seal the leaks and B: line the inside to prevent rust.

Almost sounds legit to me.

Yes.  Hot dipped zinc is good like that.

[Roman]

What's the deal with Silica dessicants, do they dry out again after a while if left in a dry place?

 

Or do they just fill up and then that's that.

[Dirty_Safari]

Microwave or heat in oven and reuse again and again

 

thats what we do at work on a hydrogen gas sample line to an analyser

[Raizer]

I would just put a por15 tank sealer kit through it and paint the outside.

About $90 for a kit made for a 20l tank, about $20 to have my 4.5l tank hot dipped.

That $70 would buy a lot of useful junk from Aliexpress!

[The Bronze]

junk

/Nail. Head. Hit.

[Rookie]

Fair enough, I didn't realise galv dipping was so cheap.

[Raizer]

Electroplater reckons galvanizing will not fill pin holes.

[flyingbrick]

It's not a sure thing though. What if you get it back and its still got pinholes?

I was surprised to learn that galv can be a real cunt and NOT seep into small crevases (usually when you want it to most)

[Ghostchips]

Electroplater reckons galvanizing will not fill pin holes.

Cold or hot dipped? Hot fills a fair bit. Dip it then coat with sealer for max protection?

[Raizer]

Hot dipped, reckons he's had people have tanks dipped without telling him there leaky, then complained to him they still leak.

Local radiator place said it should be a piece of piss for him to seal up so going that way now.

[Ghostchips]

Hot dipped, reckons he's had people have tanks dipped without telling him there leaky, then complained to him they still leak.

Local radiator place said it should be a piece of piss for him to seal up so going that way now.

Which part of the country is the radiator shop?

/Lingpost.

[SOHC]

My old boss reckons PA10 is good for sealing tanks

[Gaz]

Por15 tank sealer kit is a prety hardcone process. Got a kit sitting in gge

[peteretep]

I potentially need to buy a new sbc head gasket set and other top end gaskets. Is normal auto shops best place for this or are there some USA specific places that would be better. I am just looking for oem spec stuff

[Styles]

Por15 tank sealer kit is a prety hardcone process. Got a kit sitting in gge

It's a giant pain in the ass, been there, done that, but wow, sure works. It's all the shaking and rolling and rocking to make sure it coats everything that sux. I suppose it might be easier with a smaller tank, mine's about 60l.

[Rookie]

Segidens(sta parts) was sweet and beat everybody by a good amount when I bought rings, bearings, and gaskets for the Kent.

[Styles]

I potentially need to buy a new sbc head gasket set and other top end gaskets. Is normal auto shops best place for this or are there some USA specific places that would be better. I am just looking for oem spec stuff

Could look at NZ Gaskets stuff for you, pm me deets.

[Grotty]

Segidens(sta parts) was sweet and beat everybody by a good amount when I bought rings, bearings, and gaskets for the Kent.

go there

[Testament]

I potentially need to buy a new sbc head gasket set and other top end gaskets. Is normal auto shops best place for this or are there some USA specific places that would be better. I am just looking for oem spec stuff

or sedgedins on dom rd (different shop altogether to sta) would have that stz. get denham to hook you up a he knows them pretty well.

 

also pioneer autoparts would be another option.

 

just price check on summit/rockauto first  it should be pretty cheap for stock stuff though just make sure you get your vehicle/motor spec right as there are some differences if it is a vortec or LT1 motor