Aw come on Tom... just get the old propane torch up in there near the
gas tank and blast away! Seriously, I used to work as a vocational
rehabilitation counselor for injured workers. I once worked with a guy
who has lost his leg below the knee, had several metal screws in his
arms and considerable skin grafts. How did he get this? He was welding
on a gas tank. Duh!
Greg Burrows
Tom Hendricksen wrote:
> I have been trying to get the fuel tank off
> of my car to have it steam cleaned. I did
> manage to get the larger line loose, but the
> smaller of the two just will not budge. It has
> been soaking in penetrating fluid for days and
> I am afraid if I use any more force on the
> tube wrench it will break the tank fitting, which
> happened on my parts car.
>
> Since I have the fuel lines from my parts car to
> use as samples I am considering trying to find
> fuel hose that will fit these lines correctly and
> then cut about 6" out of each line and use the
> fuel hose to connect the tank to the fuel lines.
>
> Has this been done, or is there some way other
> than heat that might free that fitting? On the
> parts car the metal fuel tube had fused itself to
> the body of the nut.
>
> Tom
> 69 2000
> Portland, Oregon
>
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