Farm Equipment - How to repair

Print Page | Close Window

How to repair

Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Allis Chalmers
Forum Name: Farm Equipment
Forum Description: everything about Allis-Chalmers farm equipment
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24030
Printed Date: 23 Feb 2025 at 12:06pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.10 - http://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: How to repair

Posted By: TMiller/NC
Subject: How to repair
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 8:25pm

a dent in the right front bottom corner of a B gas tank. The dent is about the size of a golf ball and about half as deep. Tim

Replies:

Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 8:58pm

Any real bodyman can pull it out with a dentpuller. Basically he welds a copper plated stud in the dimple,then yanks on it with a slide puller.A good guy can do it in 2-3 studs, a great guy will do it and NOT need more than a skim coat of bondo.

Neighbour did my D-14 air cleaner assembly.Don't ask HOW the dent got there !lol....

Obviously with a gas tank, it's be wise to flush out with soapy water before doing the work....

-------------
3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)

Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water

Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 12:00am

watching a guy with the paintless dent removal working on a car I wonder if it ca nbe removed from inside the tank with leverage tool to work it out as another option, the stud and slide hammer also seems to work as have seen cycle tanks repaired like that to almost perfect finish.

-------------
Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Posted By: Larry in OK
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 1:51am

I've seen it done on motorcycle tanks with air pressure.

-------------
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for much of anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 4:11am

dry ice?

Posted By: ALinIL
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 4:25pm

Tmiller - The stud welder is the way to go. I had three dents in CA tank. Gave to neighbor, who is body man. He had it repaired in about 1/2 hr. All I had to do was give it a skim coat of bondo and paint.

Posted By: TMiller/NC
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 5:50pm

Thanks for the replies........Hadn't thought of a dent puller.........I have a friend that teaches auto body repair at the local Community College, maybe some of his students need dent removal practice. Tim

Posted By: Osage_Orange
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 11:10pm

So................. How "did" the dent get in there?

-------------
Why is there never time to do it right the first time, but always time to go back and fix it?