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1. MGB replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: Alan Harriman <vtech@usol.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:35:42 -0500; Hi all, I have a question on a replacement gas tank I purchased on eBay for my 1980 MBG. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=33556&item=2460187413&sspagename=STRK%3; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00532.html (8,028 bytes)
2. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:06:03 -0600; I would cover the top of the tank with either Waxoyl or a rubber based undercoat. Most MGB Tanks rust from the top when moisture is trapped there between the tank and the body. Maynard; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00535.html (7,554 bytes)
3. RE: MGB replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "Matthew Hale" <haleme@bellsouth.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:42:32 -0500; The main reason it is lighter is because replacement tanks are non baffled units, while the original has two or three baffles running front to rear. These basically keep 100 pounds of liquid fun from; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00536.html (8,348 bytes)
4. RE: MGB replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:27:56 -0500; I can't speak for all tanks, but when I gutted and rebaffled the tank in my '71GT there was one longitudinal baffle centered in the ribs you speak of, on the sender side of the tank. This baffle has; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00537.html (9,174 bytes)
5. Re: MGB replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:42:27 -0500; IIRC that cylinder was added to prevent the owner from "topping off" the fuel during fillups and in warm/hot weather having it expand and overflow either to ground or the vapor cannister. Mike '79B m; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00538.html (9,196 bytes)
6. Re: MGB replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt $T$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:56:45 -0000; Hmmm, much lighter I would tend to think of thinner sheet metal. I painted mine with two coats of Hammerite Gloss then liberally daubed the top and underside of the boot floor with Waxoyl before fitt; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00540.html (8,898 bytes)
7. RE: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:08:17 -0800; Hey, all, I've read several times of the use of "Waxoyl" for rust prevention or similar uses. Just what is Waxoyl, and where can I get it? Thanks Howard Battan '57 MGA in pieces -- I would cover the; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00547.html (8,205 bytes)
8. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:31:26 -0500; Waxoyl is a British product that appears to be a mix of beeswax, paraffin and other secret stuff with evaporating solvents to make it liquid. When warm, it is sprayed onto surfaces and into crevasses; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00551.html (8,387 bytes)
9. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt $T$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:37:15 -0000; A waxy, oily substance, made by Finnigans, from lots of places, like this Google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=waxoyl+supplier Actually it contains white spirit not o; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00552.html (9,627 bytes)
10. RE: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:19:00 -0800; I believe Waxoyl, a British product is wax dissolved in mineral spirits with a little rust inhibitor. It is extremely good. But better yet is Dinitrol (or Dinol) which is twice the price but lasts t; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00555.html (8,888 bytes)
11. RE: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: kmwheeler@ualr.edu; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:22:19 -0600; I think Waxoyl is found in the same sort of shopping districts where one can find pickled walnuts and kippers. Or at least Whitworth wrenches. It's an anti-rust thick waxy-oily gunk that folks back i; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00556.html (8,665 bytes)
12. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:46:54 -0500; Twenty years ago I lived in Maine. Noting that the oil delivery trucks and the vehicles owned by gas station people lacked the attractive rust holes that everyone else had on cars more than three ye; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00596.html (8,409 bytes)
13. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: "Jason Spaeth" <jasonspaeth@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:49:18 -0600; I would think that this would just pick up dust and create a real mess??? sprayed used motor oil under the vehicles _________________________________________________________________ Stay informed on; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00598.html (7,930 bytes)
14. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:25:05 -0800; Well, aesthetics are probably not a big concern for utility trucks... and they have big garage bays to work on them, and don't have to worry about getting gunked with oil when squeezing underneath...; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00602.html (8,088 bytes)
15. Re: MGB Replacement gas tank (score: 1): Author: kmwheeler@ualr.edu; Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:00:21 -0600; Um, I'd think it'd look pretty much like every place else on a leaky MG. :) (Arg. Or Range Rover for that matter. -- at least MG leaks don't stink like gear oil. Two words: transfer case.) I've got a; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00603.html (8,368 bytes)

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