Fuel Polishing. They leave the tank in place. This process was created for 
boats where the tank is difficult to remove. I had it done on my Adenauer.

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> On Aug 4, 2022, at 8:11 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> So I found about the only remaining old time radiator shop around here and 
> took the gas tank over to see what they would charge to clean it out. It’s 
> got a bunch of sediment in the bottom which I guess is rust and/or varnish 
> flakes. It was an old timer there that could barely get around but he is 
> still at it. Anyway he said he could do it but it would cost anywhere from 
> $3-500 and take a couple of weeks, said it would be very time consuming. I 
> don’t want to spend that much on it. My alternatives as I see it: take it to 
> a car wash and power wash it out best I can, then strap it to the tractor, 
> get some sand and water mixture in it. Seal it up and start driving around 
> the back 40. When I determine it’s perhaps clean, get the sand out etc. 
> 
> I guess other option would be to try to find a tank that is not rusted but 
> most likely all of them I have would be the same unless a diesel tank would 
> work. 
> 
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