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Ended up cleaning and repainting the bottom of the tank and carrier today. Glad I did as there was still some loose rust scale under the paint in some spots and it only took a few minutes to get all the loose crap off.
Newly painted carrier and repainted tank bottom:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2011/10/26.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2011/10/27.jpg
Will leave the paint to set for a week so its nice and hard and then look at sikaflexing the two together. The design is basically a rust trap so I'm being overly cautious.
In the mean time I will prime the bare metal on the bottom of the carrier and spray it with some rust guard black that I have. Will post the finished product when done. In all it seems like a full restoration of the tank and carrier will end up costing in the vicinity of $450 (including all materials and radiator shop labour). This would drag out to $500 if you where buying paint just for this job. Not sure how long it will last, but hopefully with all the attention its getting it will see out at least 5 years!!
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Put it together and mounted it all today.
Sikaflex starting to be applied:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/11/859.jpg
Would like to say I used white for the purposes of making it clearer for anyone who attempts this in the future, but no, I just didn't read the label...
Carrier glueing to tank:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/11/860.jpg
Can see I've done my best to seal it all up so water and mud wont easily get in. Also thinking of making a small hole to load up the gap with fish oil or something as a preventative.
Nice clean tank mounted onto chassis. Will get a better picture when the chassis is rolled out into the sunlight:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/11/861.jpg
Should hopefully give me a decent few years of service.
