no way would I put a torch on a gas tank .. its takes a while to air them out ..:frown:
I agree..
I know a guy that flushed his tank with water.... even boiled it I think..... he had it aired out and dry in his old shop.... he took his torch and lit it.... he said..... and I quote "I knew when I waved (horizontally) the flame over the hole... and the flame went into the hole.... that I had screwed up" It exploded... and opened the tank like a loaded cigar.... he said 20 years of dust shook off the rafters in the shop.....
Luckily... he was unhurt.... less one Willis Jeep gas tank....
You have been warned....
Sucks you have purchased a poor tank. I bought a pass seat bottom from him a year or two ago... no problems... Maybe he will reconsider and give you a refund....