[Spridgets] Gas Tanks

[Greg Higgins]

I bought one of the new gas tanks without the drain plug  several years ago. 
I ended up using the old drain plug from my old tank. I used a cold chisel 
to chop the old one out. With the plug locked in the vice, a little bit of 
heat from a map gas torch, the metal around the plug peels off. I used a 
step drill bit to drill the hole 5/8" in the tank then soldered in place, 
the job took about an hour.

For a new bugeye gas tank, I used the steel filter tube from the old tank I 
just cut it off, I cut the flange off about 1/4" from the new tank, it 
leaves you about an inch and a half of metal to work with. I took the tank 
and filler tube to a local muffler shop, the end of the filler tube was 
stretched to fit over the male piece from the tank, the shop charged me 
$10.00 it took 2 minutes. I dry fitted the tube and the tank and soldered 
it. No leaks. For safety, I filled both tanks with water over several days, 
just to be on the safe side.

Greg Higgins

--Original Message----- 
From: Mark Haynes
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 3:10 PM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Gas Tanks

I bought one from brgparts.com for the MKII, and one for the MKI, both fab'd
in Can'ada, both fit and work well. I, too, lament the loss of the drain 
plug,
but its now a fact of life.... no fit problems at all, I replaced the olive
and compression fitting on both as a matter of course to be sure that they
sealed.


Mark Haynes
It only goes one way-Pay it Forward


From: Larry <millerls at ado13.com>

I have installed 2 of them on bugeyes. Fit is fine. Only thing I do not like
is no drain plug.
Larry miller
Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 16, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Billy Zoom <billyzoom at billyzoom.com> wrote:
>
> The Canadian tanks?

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