Yep, I found the same problem on mine when we went through the body years ago.
Discovering that the gas tank was basically suspended by only the filler hose on
the right side kind of freaked me out.
(BTW, one of the clues on this is when you start going through a lot of gaskets
around the filler neck where it goes through the rear panel. It's the weight of
the tank that is cutting the gasket.)
We did an overkill solution: after patching the trunk floor, fabricated 1" wide
steel straps that run parallel to the tank mounting rails. These straps are
spot-welded to the trunk floor. In the front, they turn up and go up into the
axle tunnel, where they are welded to the sheet metal. In the rear, they turn
down and bolt to the rear frame crossmember. You can stand on the trunk floor
and jump up and down and it doesn't flex.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> LCinPhxAZ@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:30 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Cracks in trunk
>
>
> We discovered cracks in the floor of the trunk and a PO's attempt to repair
> damage from an apparant rear end collision during our gas tank removal
> project today. There is a long, almost gaping crack from the opening where
> the gas tank tube comes up through the floor of the trunk. There are also a
> few cracks in the floor along where the channels are that the tank hangs on
> to. In addition, one of the channels has a huge split on the front, right
> where the tank strap bolts on. A previous owner sank 4 large bolts through
> the floor and the channels in an apparant attempt to keep the tank from
> causing the cracks to worsen.
>
> Any ideas on options we might have to repair the damage?
>
> Thanks!
> Charlotte & Leonard Hoover
>
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