Well, there is ONE rubber hose "south" of the firewall. It is that big one
that can shed that much rubber and still be intact. The one between the
fillerneck and the tank. I am betting that is the source of the rubber
debris.
Sidney Raper
1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
>To: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>, "Laurie" <SPL311RDST@aol.com>, "
>roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Does gas tank slosh-seal go bad ?
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:24:41 -0400
>
>Marc,
>
>There shouldn't be any rubber hose past the firewall but who can tell what
>a
>PO did?
>
>Mike
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>
>To: "Laurie" <SPL311RDST@aol.com>; " roadster List"
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:49 AM
>Subject: Re: Does gas tank slosh-seal go bad ?
>
>
> > Laurie wrote
> >
> > >So, the question is: anyone have any bad experience w/
>"slosh-sealer"???
>At
> > >this point I don't even know if a PO had used any on the car. Does this
> > >sealer ever go bad & peel off ? Anyone know of long-term effects of
>MTBE
>(or
> > >whatever the heck else they put in the gas these days) on this sealer ?
>Any
> > >other guesses as to what it is?
> >
> > Our Dodge pickup ate fuel pumps for awhile(a total of 3 in 2 years)
> > turned out rotting rubber fuel line was constantly clogging the filters.
> > The bockage, it seems caused the pumps to fail. Since the line was
> > swapped out it's been okay... fingers crossed, it is a Chrysler product
> > ;^)
> >
> > Does the roadster have any rubber fuel line upstream of the
>firewall?
> >
> > -Marc T.
> >
> >
>==========================================================================
> > Marc Tyler
> > Designer,
> > Animal Firm
> > 830-324-6578
> > www.animalfirm.com
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