Dave, did Terri tell you to make sure your life insurance premiums were
current before she would let you do it?
-----Original Message-----
From: Woerpel
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:55 AM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Gas Tank?
Chris,
I actually did this several years ago and called, who else, Frank. He
told me to:
1. drain gas
2. rinse thoroughly
3. fill about a 1/4 full will water
4. fire up the barby (if gas-fired start with low heat and then
increase gradually)(Mine is charcoal but I used wood)
5. allow to boil but do not boil off all the water as it may get too
hot and melt the "nylon" pick-up screen.
6. wearing mits, slosh the remaining water around and dump the
remaining water and allow to dry. The residual heat dried it quickly.
I then used a propane torch and went around the outside to drive off any
moisture lurking in the tank and partition seams.
Tank was clean and I could see where I needed to close some holes around
the filler neck. I sandblasted and painted and installed.
Send the kids to the park just in case. ;-)
Let me know if you want help.
Dave W.
On 7/26/2011 10:06 PM, Chris Manuel wrote:
> I'm going to drop and boil my tank hopefully this week. I only have a
> gallon or 2 left in it and a lawn to mow so I'm OK there on where to put
> the
> contents.
>
> Additionally I also have a dirt area away from the house to take care of
> the
> flushing and boiling.
>
> I'll take photos if it's boring, videos if it isn't.
>
> Chris
>
> 1966 MKIII 1275
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bill L
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:48 PM
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] Gas Tank?
>
> 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?
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