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Re: Gas Tank

To: stevenh@execpc.com, Chris.Brucciani@ercgroup.com
Subject: Re: Gas Tank
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 19:03:27 EDT
If you want to keep steel lines, you can bend your own using brake lines of 
the appropriate diameter, a bending tool, a flaring tool, you old end 
fittings, and a goodly sized portion of your weekly allotment of swearing 
and cursing!  Or, you can go to a speed shop and get aluminum lines, or you 
can get stainless brake tubing.

Sid


>From: Steve Harvey <stevenh@execpc.com>
>Reply-To: Steve Harvey <stevenh@execpc.com>
>To: Chris.Brucciani@ercgroup.com
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Gas Tank
>Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:30:05 -0500
>
>Hi Chris,
>In addition to having my tank professionally cleaned and coated, I 
>disconnected
>the steel fuel lines and instead installed rubber gas line. NAPA sells it 
>by the
>foot. It's made just for gas usage and seems to be holding up very well for 
>me.
>Just a thought.
>Steve Harvey
>Milwaukee
>
>Chris.Brucciani@ercgroup.com wrote:
>
> > This topic couldn't have come up at a better time.  I get so much crud 
>in my
> > fuel filter that I have to take it aprt about every 250 miles and clean 
>it
> > out.  Do any of our suppliers sell new tanks for these cars?  How much?  
>Can
> > you use compressed air to blow out the gas lines once you got the tank 
>out?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Let' see, clean out tank ===> get ztherapy carbs.  Hmmm....
> >
> > Chris Brucciani
> > Marietta, GA
> > 1968 2000
> > 1973 240Z
>
>
>

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