[Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank

[Weslake1330]

That sounds like an idea!

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 10:11, GUY DAY via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> One of my early car 'tutors' worked at Rolls Royce as an apprentice and
> had a flat mate who died following an explosion whilst repair welding a
> fuel tank that was brim filled with water. Not a course of action he or I
> chose to follow.
>
>
> A course I went on run by what was ICI (now AstraZeneca) had a metal model
> petrol tanker with a hole around 1inch square cut out of the side. It had a
> splash of petrol poured in, swirled round and then drained out. A lit taper
> was placed in the hole, the toy blew off the table onto the floor. This was
> repeated around five times with sufficient explosive force to blow the
> tanker onto the floor (without a fuel refil!). It 'popped' a further twice.
> Never ignore the ability of petrol fumes to seep into old metal and blow.
>
>
> I have also heard of using gravel or small nuts & bolts swirled round in a
> tank part filled with water but that means getting the old tank out of the
> car and hiring a gorilla to do the swirling. Whilst out, you clean it up,
> (the tank, not the gorilla) realize the the bottom is paper thin so you
> coat it with fibre glass resin and make an awful mess. The reality is that
> it is the top of the tank that rusts through because of internal
> condensation over the years. But you now have doubts firmly implanted in
> your mind that the tank will fail at any time in the near future and ensure
> you look under the back of the car every time you go near and find the
> spots of oil from the pumpkin and then those from the rear of the gearbox.
> For those reasons above this wasn't mentioned in my first post but you
> thought it was just a hiccup in the fuel tank..
>
>
> If you are going to get a NEW tank with no drain hole why not take it to
> your local machine shop and have a large brass nut and bolt braised in at
> the low point. Don't forget it needs doing before use! If you are cutting a
> drainer from your old tank just remember the toy tanker and that your
> grinder produces an awful lot of sparks....
>
>
> Stay well
>
>
> Guy R Day
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Bruce Hamper" <brucehamper at gmail.com>
> To: "David Lieb" <72spridget at gmail.com>
> Cc: "GUY DAY" <grday at btinternet.com>; "Spridget list" <
> spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, 6 Jun, 21 At 23:40
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank
>
> Thanks! I'll keep you posted on progress. I'm tempted to try heating the
> tank in the BBQ. If I remember correctly, that is what Frank C. would do.
> Bruce
>
> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 5:48 AM David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would add that you want that filter to be before the fuel pump.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 02:50 GUY DAY via Spridgets <
>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Bruce,
>>>
>>> The only way I have heard of is to pull the filter off by whatever means
>>> possible and then use an in-line filter in the engine bay where it is
>>> easier to reach.
>>>
>>> I have also thought that a good reversed flow of kerosene or a fairly
>>> high pressure air line may do the trick but I've never tried that.
>>>
>>> Best of luck,
>>>
>>>
>>> Guy R Day
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Bruce Hamper via Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>>> To: "Spridget list" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, 6 Jun, 21 At 00:36
>>> Subject: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank
>>>
>>> Has anyone had success cleaning the take-up tube on original Bugeye fuel
>>> tanks? Mine is completely plugged. I've looked at the 'sock' covering the
>>> pickup tube, visible through the sender unit hole. It appears to have a
>>> latex coating on it. Needless to say, the pump cannot draw gas up through
>>> the tube. Any hope of repairing it? I can't figure out how to reach the
>>> filter.
>>> Bugeye in St. Louis
>>> Bruce
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