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FWIW, I occasionally--these days, previously often--filled my BJ8's tank
within a couple inches of the filler hole; esp. when I know I'm facing a
long stretch with no gas stations. For example, it's over 200 miles from
Caliente, NV to Tonopah, NV with a medium-sized mountain range in
between and no gas. I once shut off my engine and coasted for a few
miles on the downslope when I was running low into Tonopah; and once,
some Jeepers arrived at Rachel, NV--which at one time had some
regular--begging for gas and offering to 'pay anything' for a few
gallons. I'm not recommending the practice, but you do what you have to do.
If the smell is indeed coming through the sleeve, I believe green
threadlocker ('Locktite') is meant to be used post-installation of
fasteners, as it supposedly weeps into tiny gaps. I have no idea how
well it would hold up to today's pseudo-gasoline, though.
On 1/1/2021 9:10 AM, warthodson--- via Healeys wrote:
> John,
> If the white plastic sleeve is is glued in place it is problematic to
> try to remove it a try to seal it. As you probably already know, if
> the fuel is reaching the elevation of the plastic sleeve then it is
> above the top of the fuel tank & that means that every thing
> associated with the tank is under positive pressure. Any small leak
> will be apparent due to the smell of fuel. That would also include the
> rubber sleeve connecting the tank to the fuel filler tube especially
> if the fuel tank is filled so that there is standing fuel in the
> filler tube & then the car is parked. If the leak is small enough,
> there might not be any fuel visible, only vapor & the smell. You might
> try parking the car for a few days with the fuel level about 3/4 full
> & see if you can still smell fuel.
> Gary Hodson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Spaur <jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net>
> To: rfbegani@gmail.com; 'Bob Haskell' <rchaskell@earthlink.net>;
> 'Healey List' <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:28 pm
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel sender leak
>
> Here are some photos of a new Moss after-market sender showing the sleeve.
> It seems to be glued in place.
>
>
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FWIW, I occasionally--these days, previously often--filled my BJ8's
tank within a couple inches of the filler hole; esp. when I know I'm
facing a long stretch with no gas stations. For example, it's over
200 miles from Caliente, NV to Tonopah, NV with a medium-sized
mountain range in between and no gas. I once shut off my engine and
coasted for a few miles on the downslope when I was running low into
Tonopah; and once, some Jeepers arrived at Rachel, NV--which at one
time had some regular--begging for gas and offering to 'pay
anything' for a few gallons. I'm not recommending the practice, but
you do what you have to do.<br>
<br>
If the smell is indeed coming through the sleeve, I believe green
threadlocker ('Locktite') is meant to be used post-installation of
fasteners, as it supposedly weeps into tiny gaps. I have no idea how
well it would hold up to today's pseudo-gasoline, though.<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/1/2021 9:10 AM, warthodson--- via
Healeys wrote:<br>
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<div style="color:black;font: 12pt Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;">John,
<div>If the white plastic sleeve is is glued in place it is
problematic to try to remove it a try to seal it. As you
probably already know, if the fuel is reaching the elevation
of the plastic sleeve then it is above the top of the fuel
tank & that means that every thing associated with the
tank is under positive pressure. Any small leak will be
apparent due to the smell of fuel. That would also include the
rubber sleeve connecting the tank to the fuel filler tube
especially if the fuel tank is filled so that there is
standing fuel in the filler tube & then the car is parked.
If the leak is small enough, there might not be any fuel
visible, only vapor & the smell. You might try parking the
car for a few days with the fuel level about 3/4 full &
see if you can still smell fuel.</div>
<div>Gary Hodson<br>
<br>
<br>
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From: John Spaur <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net";><jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net></a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com";>rfbegani@gmail.com</a>; 'Bob Haskell'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net";><rchaskell@earthlink.net></a>;
'Healey List'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:28 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel sender leak<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Here are some photos of a new Moss
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