Re: [AMC-list] Wrambler's tank/ Favorite gas tank sealant?

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

crap you mentioned those magnets before, I plumb forgot.
I'd  have sure gave it a try.
  i cleaned the tank  with brand new rolock 50 grit discs and
the bottom strips i drilled a grid pattern so the JB weld can grip top and bottom.
I'm 90%+ sure the JB weld will hold.

It'll hold, or rattle around in the tank :-O

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:14:36 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Wrambler's tank/ Favorite gas tank sealant?
>
> >
> > I actually cut apart the old TAT3 inline tank and know why it fails
> and
> > probably why all the inline pumps are prone to failure. The armature
> is not
> > made like a starter or alternator. the armature on the fuel pump
> rides on a
> > shaft and there are nylon bushings where the armature rides on that
> shaft.
> > With external pumps building extra heat and working to pull fuel, a
> task
> > they were not really well designed to do, the nylon heats, distorts,
> grabs
> > the inside of the armature and "poof" no more fuel pump.
> >
> 
> "good enough" to last out the warranty, probably. Wow, what crap! Not
> even a
> cheap bronze bushing for a critical part?! Metal spinning in nylon
> will
> generate heat too, even a microscopic imperfection will cause local
> melting
> that will only increase, "positive feedback" style.
> 
> 
> 
> Anyway, tomorrow I hope to take a few pictures and proceed to get the
> pump
> > mounted and put the bloody mess back together. I'd hoped to do it
> today, but
> > the baffle would not sit without clamping, so I'm waiting out the
> J.B. weld
> > cure time
> >
> 
> magnets! Surplus "disk drive" magnets, aka supermagnets. They might
> even be
> good enough for installation, not just glue clamping. If your baffle
> was "L"
> shaped so it couldn't tip over I bet 3 or 4 of them would have mounted
> the
> baffle without glue or welding.
> 
> I know that sounds crazy but I think it would be a good permanent
> solution.
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