Hole in gast tank

[Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Was called out of town do to a death in the family, so I am way late with a
suggestion.  But this might help someone else in the future.  NAPA and
several other auto parts stores sell a gas tank sealer that works very well
or at least it has for me.  It comes in gallons only I believe.  You have to
drop the tank and remove sender.  If it has pinholes in it just wire brush
over them and apply duct tape over small holes & solder large holes with a
soldering iron & copper over cuts and even larger holes.  Then tape over
vents, filler neck and pore the sealer in the tank and tape the sender hole.
 Now rotate the tank over & over coating the compleat inside of the tank. 
Pull off the tape from the filler and pour the excess back into the can then
remove tape from vents & sender hole, let dry and you have a clean plastic
coated tank.  As far as soldering the big holes I have been told just tape
every thing and wait till the coating dry's to remove tape from the holes or
just leave the tape on, I just feel safer soldering the big ones my self. 
The great part this stuff is it sticks to and covers up rust and I have used
a tank I repaired this way for several years in a Barracuda I owned with no
problems.  It also is a lot cheaper than a new tank if your working on a
limited budget.

Herb

 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Derek Fried
Date: 6/7/2008 5:05:04 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: hole in gast tank
 
 
Hey all.  The gas tank in my 65 Sport Fury has a hole in it.  Its about 3/4
of the way up, so when I drove it before dropping it off for an extended
stay at the body shop, I could only fill it about half way.  Its coming
around the time for it to come out of the body shop now, and I need to fix
the tank.  So my questions are:
1) if you had this problem, did you fix or replace?
2) where can I find replacement fuel tanks without foraging through junk
yards.
Derek
1965 Sport Fury


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