<VV> need advice re: leaky gas tank

[Charles McKinley]

I'll agree with Harry's advice and add that the two hoses are both  
nonstandard sizes that as far as I know you won't find at any hardware  
or auto parts shop. Only place I've found them is at Clark's, and  
they're not expensive. I also got a new repro tank from Clark's and it  
was well worth the money. I had pinhole leaks too and couldn't find a  
reliable way to plug them.

Good luck,

Chuck McKinley
63 Monza 900

On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Harry Yarnell wrote:

> 'hints to make it easier' is an oxymoron.
> The 'easiest' way is to buy new hoses (2), and new J bolts (2). If  
> you buy
> them NOW, you won't need them, but if you don't, the rubber hoses  
> will be
> rock hard, and the J bolts will snap.
> "easiest" removal (after disconnecting the fuel line and sender  
> wires, is to
> cut the filler and vent hose, remove the two J bolts, and wiggle the  
> tank
> out.
> Depending on how 'holey' the tank is, you can seal it with tank  
> sealer or
> just replace it. Good used tanks are available, or repo's are  
> available.
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
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>
>> There's a guy here in NJ who recently acquired a customized Corvair  
>> once
>> belonging to industrial designer, Raymond Loewy.  He and I have been
>> communicating back and forth because I'm hoping to research a  
>> possible
>> article  for
>> the communique on the car.  Anyway, I received the note, below,   
>> from him.
>> Being mechanically challenged, I'm passing this along to  all you out
>> there
>> and I will pass along to him your advice and  observations.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> ~Bill Stanley
>>
>> His note:
>> <Just a quick note to let you know  the Loewy Corvair is currently  
>> "off
>> the
>> road" due to a severe fuel leak.
>> It looks like I'll need to replace the  gas tank.
>> When I try to fill up, I put more gas  on the ground than in the car
>> ........ the leak seems to be the tank itself not  the hosed  
>> connections
>> that are
>> usual suspects.
>> If you have any hints to make this job  easier I'd really like to  
>> hear
>> them.>
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