[Spridgets] Gas Tank?

Bill L pythias at pacifier.com
Wed Jul 27 12:41:19 MDT 2011


Hello Bob,

     Here's the update..

     The tank is drained. I used the hole that the #8 screw was in,
     not a syphon, not the fuel pump.

     I jacked up the front of the car so that it sloped to the rear,
     and jacked up the right side so that the hole in the back corner
     was the low spot. The PERMATEX package says to use BRAKE-CLEAN to
     remove all contamination around the hole. I sprayed it on, wiped
     it off, then used emery paper to get down to CLEAN metal. Another
     shot of BRAKE-CLEAN just to be sure was applied. I took off the
     gas cap and now I'm waiting for ALL the moiture to stop weeping
     around the hole. If it takes a day, so be it, but that's where I
     am.

     Now the question becomes.... should I go ahead and drop the tank
     a little to try to find the wire to the sending unit so I can
     make my gas gauge work?   What's the procedure? Loosen the hose
     clamps in the trunk, loosen the six nuts on the tank? Is that
     it?

-- 
Best regards,
 Bill L.                            mailto:pythias at pacifier.com

     * "I'm Irish," said Tom wryly.


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