Re: [AMC-list] Favorite gas tank sealant?

[wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Funny you should mention this. 
  Yesterday I took the neck out of the junk tank. I was surprised at the amount of force it took to break the solder loose. 
   I had to use a wide brick chisel and hammer around the tank basically beating the $#!t out of it.   
   I wanted that neck to build a better quality fill neck for in the trunk of the American. 

   I tried to separate the cap end from the tube of two different fillers. That proved to be impossible near as I can tell. It appears the fill tube is both soldered and pressed into that end. I used an oxy/ ace torch and basically cooked the fill end cherry red to white hot and the solder melted but the tube fused/melted together. 

I'm going to have to ignore my RM and actually buy a filler tube, bummer. 
  
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 20:42:15 
To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Favorite gas tank sealant?

This is basically what happened to Kermit's tank which is why it was 
chemically stripped. It wasn't free (it was $110 I think) but since the 
tank was in decent condition otherwise, well worth it. Also, besides 
removing all of the rust and undercoating, this process also de-soldered 
the fuel filler neck. If you do this with a tank that has the filler 
neck coming out at a weird angle, it would be a good idea to scribe an 
alignment mark before hand.

Matt

On 5/18/2010 8:38 PM, Frank Swygert spouted this sage advice:
<snip>
> DO NOT use the POR-15 kit. The kit says for up to a 20 gallon tank, but 
> it's not quite enough. If you do use it MAKE SURE you have enough to 
> cover the entire insides of the tank or it WILL come loose. That's the 
> problem I had. If ANY fuel gets behind the liner it starts to come loose 
> and you have a ruined tank. No way to remove it. Ruined a tank I had. 
</snip>
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mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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