Do what most of us do. Let a radiator shop handle it. They'll clean it out
and seal it, prior to any welding work.
A couple years ago I removed the tank from my '68, after it sat around for
20 years. The gas smelled noxious, and I wondered if it lost some of it's
flammability. Out of curiousity, and with precautions such as a fire
extinguisher and hose nearby, I poured about an ounce on a large dirt mound
in an open field. Tossed a match on it. I couldn't believe the amount of
flames and smoke from that ounce, very intense. I would not want to be near
a tank with gallons of that stuff going off. Old gas, new gas, it's all
explosive. (Yeah, CalSpeed gave me a bad time about that.) Incidentally, it
took the radiator shop three weeks to clean it out. They've got ways to
neutralize the gas.
I never work on gasoline indoors. Over 20 years ago, a neighbor next door
was working on a car in the garage. The gas ignited and burned down most of
the place, and I saw the people barely get out in time. Watching something
like that happen makes you take precautions.
I was wondering if you could use a tap and die to rethread that bad
connector fitting with a different thread size, enough to install an
extender with the correct fitting on the other end?
Fred - So.SF
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>Subject: Fuel tank blues
>Author: Steve Harvey <stevenh@execpc.com>
>Date: 9/13/99 4:26 AM
>
>Hello All:
>Spent Sunday removing the fuel tank on the 2000. I'm planning on
>switching out the tanks from the 1600 to the 2000. The 1600 tank was
>boiled and coated several years ago and should be in like new condition
>internally. Then I can take the 2000 tank to the local radiator/fuel
>tank repair shop and get the leak fixed. I'll then put that rebuilt
>tank into the 1600. Are you following me on this? The only problem I
>see is that the 1600 tank threads on one of the fuel lines at the tank
>have been cross threaded. I could cut it off and weld on a new fitting
>but I value my life to much to start welding on a fuel tank, even if
>it's filled with water, Maybe I should take that one in to and have the
>experts repair it. Does anyone know the thread sizes for the two
>fittings? One takes a 1/2" wrench and the other a 9/16" wrench . I
>assume that they are metric tapered pipe threads. Any help out there on
>this one?
>Steve Harvey
>Milwaukee
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