At 08:50 PM 5/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>John...
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>>> Let us know how the search for a new tank goes.
>
>So far, my mechanic says he's been "laughed at" when he's called junk
>yards looking for a Gremlin tank. If it's out there, he'll find it.
>Otherwise, we may look at the relining solution. I don't know if the
>tank is in good enough shape to do that. We'll check it out.
>
There are a couple of junk yards in AZ and Minisota or Montana, or some
God forsaken place that advertise in Hemmings. You might want to give
them a call.
Also measure your tank, length, width, height. I just called a local
radiator shop. They can still get tanks for 76 and onwards. You
might want to take your tank to a local radiator shop and see if they
can find a equivilant one. If I remember correctly, there is really
nothing special back there that if you got a tank that was slightly
larger, I think it might fit. Again, check the clearence on your
current tank with it in place, and see how clearence there is around
it.
Also, on the Gremlin tank, I don't know how many different tanks there
were. But AMC liked to use the same part in as many places as they could.
However the Gremlin came with 4, 6 and 8 cyl. engines. I don't think
that they would all use the same size tank. I'd hate to have a 10 gal.
tank on a car that only gets 10 mpg. :) A Javlin/AMX tank might fit.
Also, if you (or one of our other fellows) goes to the AMC list, someone
their might be able to tell us more about the tanks that I currently know.
>
>Thanx for making this correction to the List Server. I didn't mean to
>not give Lou credit. Hope he wasn't offended. I just assumed you were
>the one who makes all these great tech tip items. I should have checked
>the author first.
No problem. I just know I didn't write that particular piece!!!
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
71 Saab Sonett III 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
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