On 23 May 1996, Glenn Franco wrote:
> My problem is that the orignal (leaking) tank filler connection comes straight
> out of the top of the tank at a 90 deg angle (perpendicular to the flat tank
> surface). The replacement (new tank) filler comes out of the top at an angle
>of
> 15-30 deg. (approx didn't measure). The problem is that the old tank is no
Perhaps you will be forced to a solution similar to mine. Bugeye Sprites
use a tank with a continuous steel filler from the cap to the tank, while
later spridgets have a short pipe on the tank, a short pipe on the body,
and a rubber connection. Only the later tanks were available new. I cut
the filler pipe off the old tank and welded it on the new tank.
While I was at it, I welded a drain plug in the new tank.
Important to do your welding *before* you put gas in the new tank, or you
may be blown into the next county. A true case of "your mileage may vary."
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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