- 1. gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: Don Day <fsufan1952@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
- Hello List I was sandplasting my BJ-8 gas tank and I found 2 small pin holes.I actually put a pin in the hole and it fell all the way through! Its the part of the tank that is on the bottom between t
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- 2. Re: gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:37:45 +0800
- You want to take your tank to a gas tank repair specialist so that they can repair it properly and pressure test it. If you don't want to go through the trouble, then get a new tank. I think a new t
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00197.html (7,180 bytes)
- 3. RE: gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:31:58 +0100
- --Original Message-- From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist Blue 100 Sent: 10 October 2006 02:38 To: Don Day Cc: healey list Subject: Re:
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- 4. RE: gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:51:12 -0700
- I had a similar situation with my tank soon after I bought the car in 1984. I fiberglassed over the bottom of the tank with resin and couple plies of woven fiberglass cloth, and it held without leak
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00206.html (8,215 bytes)
- 5. RE: gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: "Brashear, Jack, N" <JNBrashear@garverengineers.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:34:48 -0500
- Hi Don, new is probably better...but watch out. Not all new tanks have exactly the same dimensions as the original. Here's my recent experience on a new tank for a BN7 Mk1 from M+++. The outlet elbow
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00208.html (8,235 bytes)
- 6. Re: gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:39:47 -0400
- Hi all, When using fiberglass to repair a gas tank, be sure the resin is Methyl-Ethel-Ketone based. This resin is impervious to gasoline and will hold up a long time. Some resins are not. Repaired fo
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00223.html (7,959 bytes)
- 7. Re: gas tank repair/replace? (score: 1)
- Author: Skip <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:05:18 -0400
- I am sure there are many "proper" solutions. The one I was most impressed with was performed at my radiator shop. The fellow took my gas tank, (well cleaned out by the way), and brazed (not welded) s
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00399.html (7,730 bytes)
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