[Spridgets] Gas Tank?

Woerpel dwoerpel at wi.net
Wed Jul 27 08:02:09 MDT 2011


Way away from the house!  That's why you fill it completely to 
overflowing and rinse, several times for piece of mind.  Find the 
driveway of a neighbor you don't like and use it.  Chris, bring it down 
to my house.  I have 5 acres with nearest house 80 yards away.

Dave W.

On 7/26/2011 10:58 PM, Jim Johnson wrote:
> Assuming these tanks are much like motorcycle tanks I've worked on DO NOT
> ATTEMPT TO WELD ON IT UNDER ANY CONDITIONS!!!  Even after being rinsed out
> numerous times, they are still ticking time bombs.  Frank used to boil his
> out on the barbie...  Only way I can think of to be certain there isn't the
> slightest vestige of gas left in them and even that is too dangerous for my
> blood!!
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Bill L<pythias at pacifier.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hello Spridgets,
>>
>>      To make a short story L O N G
>>
>>
>>      Ever since I came home from Seattle with the red thing i've been
>>      smelling gas in the garage. Today after coming home from the
>>      neurosurgeon, I layed down and looked at the gas tank. When I
>>      bought the car it had (has) a sheet metal screw with a rubber
>>      washer screwed into the tank on the right side rear bottom of the
>>      tank. Well, it finally started leaking there so I cut a new piece
>>      of rubber from a hose, coated the thing with TFE and put the
>>      screw back in. It slowed the leak but hasn't stopped it
>>      completely. I've called the local radiator shop and they say that
>>      they will seal "some" tanks, but only if they are worth saving,
>>      as they don't do things they can't guarantee. I have a full tank
>>      or rather had a full tank of gas when I put the car in the garage
>>      Sunday.
>>
>>      So the question is..... are there parts I should have on hand
>>      before I pull the tank, or will all the old stuff work to put it
>>      back together, AND if I need parts whats the best source?
>>
>>      I have to wait until i've driven the car some more because I
>>      onlyh have the capacity to store THREE gallons of siphoned
>>      gasoline, so I won't be undertaking this until AFTER my surgery,
>>      and perhaps not until after Labor Day, depending upon how well my
>>      cobbled seal works and if I can make it to the ABFM-PDX with fuel
>>      slow dripping out.
>>
>>      Anything else I should know?
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>   Bill L.                          mailto:pythias at pacifier.com
>>
>>   '66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403  "the red thing"
>>
>>    "It's not fair!" said Tom darkly.
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