Build COS80's 1997 LX 450 Build Thread

[Broski]

Those aren’t antique they’re prehistoric

 

[Broski]

The new cans suck. If those are salvageable they’re worth it.
Do you have the old school nozzles for those cans if so they’re gold.

 

[COS80]

I don't have nozzles. I bought shake siphons instead. I think I'm going to spend some time on trying to get a clear photo of the interior to send to KBS for some feedback. I'd hate to scrap them, but getting chunks of crap in my gas tank is a non starter.

 

[baldilocks]

Yes. The other one is stamped 78

Well, in both cases I’d be considered a relic.

 

[Broski]

Well, in both cases I’d be considered a relic.

You are a relicwho knows what that makes me
I can tell you that I graduated high school in 1977

 

[COS80]

I guess we can grab the cans and all go to the Ponderosa for the Early Bird special.

 

[COS80]

I managed this photo, and sent it to KBS. They told me I should set them up with a fan for four days, and then poke at the bubbles with a coat hanger - if they feel solid, they'll be fine, but if they're soft, they're going to fail. Fingers crossed....

 

[COS80]

I just checked on the lining, and it looks like they're going to make it! The bubbles have mostly disappeared, and those that remain feel hard when poked with a welding rod. I'm going to leave them on the fan for another two days, since the coating is so thick in those spots, just for an extra measure.

When I started the fan, so much off-gassing was expelled that it stunk up the entire house (not just the garage). I'm going to suggest, to KBS, that they update the instructions to include using a fan, in situations such as this, as well as to try to meter in the lining until you have just enough to cover, as opposed to using the entire contents and not being able to get it back out. I think both of these, known from the beginning, would have yielded a better result.