Vendo junior help

[Kilroy]

Ok, so I will show my ignorance here, but does anyone know how to remove the inner tank/tub on Vendo Jr.?

From what I can tell, the the sides do not come apart, the rim around the inner tank isn't removable, and there doesn't appear to be any brackets holding it in from underneath.
Ok, let's claify that. The underneath of the tank (the compressor sat below) is covered with either 60 year old oil and goop, or some type of tar. While a date of manufacture wasn't stamped into the side of the tub, I spent an hour cleaning of the serial number plate I found underneath the tub. Only thing I can think of it slides in/out from the below, but it ain't budging, and I really didn't try that hard, for fear of damaging the tank if I was wrong.

Um..help..anyone. Whiloe i won't have it completed in time for the holidays, I want to have it ready to go in time for the Stanley Cup playoffs '>

[Ltransam]

Hi,Kilroy
            There are support plates under all the TAR .Yep a pain in the  '> .The liner will come out the bottom .Just like it's big brother the Master. I had a heck of a time with my Standard Clascock evem know it comes out the top .The TAR was rock hard .
                                          Ltransam

[Kilroy]

Thanks Len!
I guess it's off to the hardware store tomorrow for a good tar remover, or a chisel. The support slats must be thin, I was feeling my way underneath thinking I would find a crossmember or bracket, but hey, I did locate the serial number plate underneath. I only wish the mfg. date was included on it, since it is not stamped in the liner side.

Edit  '>  Comcast cable has been giving me fits all week. sorry for the double post gang

[Kilroy]

Thanks Len!
I guess it's off to the hardware store tomorrow for a good tar remover, or a chisel. The support slats must be thin, I was feeling my way underneath thinking I would find a crossmember or bracket, but hey, I did locate the serial number plate underneath. I only wish the mfg. date was included on it, since it is not stamped in the liner side.

Has anyone tried a heatgun on the hardened tar?

[Kilroy]

Now the fun really begins. The tar isn't all that heavy, actually rather thin, since I could slip in a putty blade along the longer sides of the liner. I stopped when a few chunks of what appears to be particle board promptly broke  off in chunks.
What I thought were the support plates underneath the tar may only be the indentation of where the pan brace sat. I can't find any screw holes, or brackets.
 Before I go any further, I'll snap a few pics to explain myself better.