<div dir="ltr">That sounds like an idea!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 10:11, GUY DAY via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div><div dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi:embed"><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.. </p><p><br></p><p>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.... </p><p><br></p><p>Stay well</p><p><br></p><p>Guy R Day</p><br><blockquote style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px 2em;border-left:2px solid rgb(0,173,229);white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Bruce Hamper" <<a href="mailto:brucehamper@gmail.com" target="_blank">brucehamper@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "David Lieb" <<a href="mailto:72spridget@gmail.com" target="_blank">72spridget@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "GUY DAY" <<a href="mailto:grday@btinternet.com" target="_blank">grday@btinternet.com</a>>; "Spridget list" <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br>Sent: Sunday, 6 Jun, 21 At 23:40<br>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank<br><br><div dir="ltr">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.<div>Bruce</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 5:48 AM David Lieb <<a href="mailto:72spridget@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span>72spridget@gmail.com</span><span></span></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I would add that you want that filter to be before the fuel pump.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 02:50 GUY DAY via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><span>spridgets@autox.team.net</span><span></span></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div><div dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi:embed">Bruce,<div><p>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. </p><p> 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.</p><div><p>Best of luck,</p><p><br></p><p>Guy R Day</p><p><br></p><br><blockquote style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px 2em;border-left:2px solid rgb(0,173,229)"><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Bruce Hamper via Spridgets" <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><span>spridgets@autox.team.net</span><span></span></a>><br>To: "Spridget list" <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><span>spridgets@autox.team.net</span><span></span></a>><br>Sent: Sunday, 6 Jun, 21 At 00:36<br>Subject: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank<br><br><div dir="ltr">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? 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