Way away from the house! That's why you fill it completely to
overflowing and rinse, several times for piece of mind. Find the
driveway of a neighbor you don't like and use it. Chris, bring it down
to my house. I have 5 acres with nearest house 80 yards away.
Dave W.
On 7/26/2011 10:58 PM, Jim Johnson wrote:
> Assuming these tanks are much like motorcycle tanks I've worked on DO NOT
> ATTEMPT TO WELD ON IT UNDER ANY CONDITIONS!!! Even after being rinsed out
> numerous times, they are still ticking time bombs. Frank used to boil his
> out on the barbie... Only way I can think of to be certain there isn't the
> slightest vestige of gas left in them and even that is too dangerous for my
> blood!!
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Bill L<pythias at pacifier.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Spridgets,
>>
>> To make a short story L O N G
>>
>>
>> Ever since I came home from Seattle with the red thing i've been
>> smelling gas in the garage. Today after coming home from the
>> neurosurgeon, I layed down and looked at the gas tank. When I
>> bought the car it had (has) a sheet metal screw with a rubber
>> washer screwed into the tank on the right side rear bottom of the
>> tank. Well, it finally started leaking there so I cut a new piece
>> of rubber from a hose, coated the thing with TFE and put the
>> screw back in. It slowed the leak but hasn't stopped it
>> completely. I've called the local radiator shop and they say that
>> they will seal "some" tanks, but only if they are worth saving,
>> as they don't do things they can't guarantee. I have a full tank
>> or rather had a full tank of gas when I put the car in the garage
>> Sunday.
>>
>> So the question is..... are there parts I should have on hand
>> before I pull the tank, or will all the old stuff work to put it
>> back together, AND if I need parts whats the best source?
>>
>> I have to wait until i've driven the car some more because I
>> onlyh have the capacity to store THREE gallons of siphoned
>> gasoline, so I won't be undertaking this until AFTER my surgery,
>> and perhaps not until after Labor Day, depending upon how well my
>> cobbled seal works and if I can make it to the ABFM-PDX with fuel
>> slow dripping out.
>>
>> Anything else I should know?
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Bill L. mailto:pythias at pacifier.com
>>
>> '66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403 "the red thing"
>>
>> "It's not fair!" said Tom darkly.
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