Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 12:14:49 -0700
From: Joe Curry <curry@wolfenet.com>
Organization: Curry Enterprises
To: triumps@autox.team.net
Subject: Neverending saga of the gas-tank leak
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Hey!
I never meant to start any dissertations on the do's and don'ts of
repairing fuel tanks, I only wanted to relate my experience.
However, I only thought I had the leak fixed. After the car had an
opportunity to sit a couple of days, the mysterious smell of gasoline
again reared its ugly head. And again, its in the same place as before.
So, what to do???? I may go ahead and try again (apprehensively after
all the negative feedback), try to replace it with the tanl I have from
a 75 Spit. (see below) or try to find another tank from an early Spit.
The tank from the 75 Spit has a tube running down from the top into the
tank to suck the fuel out. The older Spitfires have a hole in the
bottom of the tank and use the old gravity method. If I can figure out
how to marry the two technologies, I'll use the newer tank, otherwise I
will look for another solution.
It's always something....
Joe Curry '63 Spit
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