[Healeys] Gas Tanks

[Charlie Baldwin]

A shop near me would probably cost less than $300 to repair, clean, and 
coat a used tank.  That would leave a lot of room to ship the tank to 
them. https://www.westyorkradiatorservice.com/

Charlie

On 4/26/2022 10:14 PM, Ray Juncal via Healeys wrote:
> Alan
>    Moss wants $900 for their cheap steel replacement tank, but that's 
> what a local gas tank repair place wants to clean, repair, line and 
> pressure test a gas tank. I don't know which way to go.
> Ray
>
> On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 05:27:14 PM PDT, Alan Seigrist 
> <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> And for what it's worth, Micheal is also right... depends on how 
> important originality is for you.
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 8:25 AM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     Ray -
>
>     All I can say is the steel tanks rust. Not much you can do about
>     it.  On to my third in my BJ8.  Etching and sealing the tank is an
>     option, but alot of work and significant risk to mess it up.
>
>     The cheap moss tank is a permanent fix, and looks and fits
>     beautifully
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Alan
>
>     On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 4:46 AM Ray Juncal via Healeys
>     <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>         So brake and fuel lines are in. Time for the gas tank. I have
>         two pretty nice looking tanks I've had stashed for this
>         occasion. Well they were pretty nice until I started scraping
>         the undercoat off and found the rust termites. I'm looking for
>         a new tank and leaning toward the Moss steel one.
>         Advise,warnings and suggestions please.
>
>         Inline image
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