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1. Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 16:21:08 -0400
Well, I guess the driving season is over for me. Filled up the gas tank this morning. I think the level was as low as it had ever been. Parked the car. A few hours later found a puddle of fuel under
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00714.html (7,706 bytes)

2. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 16:55:09 -0400
Hi Hugh, Before you go trough too much work, check to see if you have a drain plug over there somewhere. One of my tanks had a plug and rubber washer there. I never noticed it until I started using t
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00715.html (8,595 bytes)

3. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 16:09:59 -0500
Hugh> to look for a new one? If you want to repair your current tank, I think you can get sloshing compound at many auto parts stores. Also, some radiator shops will repair them. -- Skip Montanaro -
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00716.html (8,148 bytes)

4. RE: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:05:47 -0400
Wow! I just prevented a disaster. I completely drained the tank this afternoon. Went outside an hour ago and still found a couple of spots of fuel under the car. In case it still had some fuel in it,
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00721.html (8,590 bytes)

5. RE: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 17:09:03 -0700
Lots of people have reported unpleasant problems down the road after using sloshing compounds; perhaps it's our 'reformulated' gasoline that causes the problem. I have repaired tanks myself, using a
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00722.html (8,039 bytes)

6. RE: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:35:27 -0400
Thanks Randall. Fred Thomas mentioned a process called "Renu" which appears to be some sort of franchise. They happen to be headquartered near where I live, so I'll probably give them a call. Have yo
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00729.html (9,162 bytes)

7. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:45:09 EDT
On my 74 TR6, tank devd a leak around the outlet fitting. I took out the tank and had it repaired at a specialty shop. The whole process made me realize that i never want to get rearended.......if it
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00730.html (8,148 bytes)

8. RE: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 19:25:28 -0700
GasTank ReNu is a franchise, my local radiator shop also offers it. I've heard very little about the results, but what I have heard is good. Not cheap, but good. I also trust the people that run the
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00732.html (8,396 bytes)

9. Re- Fuel Tank leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:47:27 -0500
I have had Jag fuel tanks re-done with a process like "renu" that was mentioned in an earlier e-mail. If the problem is rust and you do not fix why the exterior was metal, you end up with a rather ba
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00737.html (8,727 bytes)

10. RE: Fuel Tank leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:48:09 -0400
I've decided to take my fuel tank to the Renu shop to get it Renu'ed. I'll report back on how it works out along with cost. I thought about getting a used tank, but don't want to run into the same (s
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00751.html (8,444 bytes)

11. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:53:01 -0500
I think you may be thinking about the Pinto. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L pethier@isd.net http://www.mna
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00752.html (8,990 bytes)

12. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:20:15 EDT
<< > The whole process made me realize that i never want to get rearended.......if I think you may be thinking about the Pinto. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA >> Early Mustangs didn't
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00754.html (8,492 bytes)

13. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 20:15:27 -0400
== == == I think Chevy pick-up trucks were listed in the same danger reports. "FT" /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://ww
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00756.html (9,127 bytes)

14. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 20:26:48 EDT
Hey, I'm glad that I have a wad of cardboard and carpet between the fuel tank of my GT6 and me. Nothing to worry about when I get rear ended by an Excursion! Greg Wolf 1970 GT6+ "Ian" KC79746L Laurel
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00760.html (8,168 bytes)

15. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 20:36:28 EDT
Wasn't there a bumper sticker for the Pinto that read something like..... "HIT ME AND WE BLOW UP TOGETHER" ?? Rich Rock Pottstown, PA /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.te
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00761.html (8,061 bytes)

16. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:12:33 -0700
I think it is being recycled for use on Crown Victoria Police cars these days! Joe /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00763.html (8,428 bytes)

17. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:30:55 EDT
Phil noted: And Harold added: I'm relatively sure that my 1951 Chevrolet Styline De Luxe Coupe has a similar setup. I'm 100% sure that the Triumph Mayflower originally had exactly that setup, where t
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00768.html (9,018 bytes)

18. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 21:21:20 -0700
My wife bought a Pinto in 1972 (before we got married) and a few years later the Pintos were getting all of that wonderful PR, I got called to serve on a jury for a civil suit against Ford-Mercury ov
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00772.html (8,616 bytes)

19. Re: Fuel Tank leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:42:39 -0700
That float sure looks like the float found in Sprites and Midgets! Give me an address... I'll send you one.... Bill McLeod Slightly Classics Tucson, AZ /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00777.html (8,815 bytes)

20. Re: Fuel Tank Leak (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 05:26:57 -0400
== Greg, if you get rearended by a "Excursion" while driving a GT6, you better worry about the radiator being destroyed, that is if you are alive to worry at all. "FT" /// triumphs@autox.team.net ma
/html/triumphs/2002-10/msg00779.html (8,091 bytes)


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