Jan Wulfsberg Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 When removing the tank of my –84 Seven, with a head not converted to unleaded fuel, I heard something moving inside the tank. After shaking the tank up side down for a while a wire mesh with seven (!) lead balls inside landed on my right foot. Are they put in there just to add weight to slow me down or are they supposed to have an effect regarding unleaded fuel? Wulf (Viking) id=red> cool.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 The lead in leaded fuel is in the form of lead halides... or tetra ethyl lead not just raw lead. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Wulfsberg Posted March 26, 2002 Author Share Posted March 26, 2002 Any idea why they were put into the tank? Wulf (Viking) id=red> cool.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMO Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 There was a company offering some sort of "fuel catalyst" based on WW2 Spitfire technology (allegedly). Something to do with tin. Strictly for the gullible (sounds like a bag of balls to me). Usual claims of better pick-up, lower fuel consumption, cleaner emmissions etc. etc. etc. (ad nauseam). Most of the guys who go for this sort of thing are old codgers who never go fast enough to do any damage to their valve seats anyway. I'm sure this does not apply to you. Bottom line is Ford and GM stick lead-free seats in in thier heads, not a bag of balls in their tanks. AMMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Riches Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 It would seem that the automotor charlatans are at work here, watch out for snake oil in the trunnions, lead balls, to the non techo person, would replace the tetra-ethyl lead added to stop pinking, in good old fashioned PETROL, not this cocktail of paint thinners, M.E.K. and toluene that is foisted off as petrol now, leave the balls out, get some proper un-leaded valve seats installed, it's all a load of old ballocks really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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