<VV> Gas tank problem

[Frank DuVal]

I also take it the tank is still without gasoline having been in it 
since the sealer went in.

Frank DuVal


On 9/12/2014 8:18 PM, Garry Parsley via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Yes, sorry, looks like the solder broke loose, no jagged edges. Hadn't 
> thought about a soldering iron. Great idea - Thanks.
>
> Garry
>
> When you say "broke off" do you mean the vent nipple came out whole, like
> it was unsoldered? Does it have a solder ring and the tinned part that
> sticks into the tank? Or is it a ragged edge, actually broken off the 
> rest
> of the nipple?
>
> If unsoldered, like most I have seen, just resolder it. Use a large
> soldering iron (100 to 300 watts), not a torch, and the damage to the
> sealer should be minimal.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Original email:
> -----------------
> From: Garry Parsley via VirtualVairs virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:09:21 -0500
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Gas tank problem
>
>
> Guys,
>
> Followed with interest the recent thread on late model gas tank
> replacement, as I was getting ready to do the same. My old tank was good,
> but rusty inside. after cleaning and sealing with Red Kote, I was 
> ready to
> reinstall tonight. All was going well until I couldn’t get the kink out
> of the vent hose. Finally decided to pull it all back out and trim the 
> hose
> slightly shorter. Well, in the process the vent neck broke off. What’s
> the best way to re-attach? I’m leery of brazing due to not wanting to
> harm the new sealer, and not sure an epoxy like JB Weld or similar would
> hold up to the twists, turns, pulling, pushing and general stress of
> re-installation.  What’s the consensus – or variety of opinions? This
> is on a 1966 Monza.
>
> Garry Parsley