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Here's what my good tank looks like.
Wes

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On my tank, I couldn't get a solid seal on the tank fitting with the flared line fitting due to corrosion.

So, I ended up screwing in a hose barb fitting there with some Teflon tape. Which worked out nicely anyway as that hose was routed up to a rear filter and aux fuel pump I tucked up in the frame rail.

I see what Howard was talking about when I looked at my other tank and here's the sealant I'm using.
Thanks!
Wes

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I'm interested in how it is to weld the 2 halves of the tank back together....

John

Getting set to get some scrap 24 gauge steel and see what I can do. I've been working with 22 gauge and no problems so far. I'm looking at using Butt Welding Clamps. I'll let you know how it works out.

If you look at Ross's Bloghttps://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7765&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=20
It looks like he overlapped, but I'm going to try butt weld.
Wes

Overlap would be a lot easier. John

Any updates?? John

Well got most of the paint and biggest part of the rust cleaned off (No sand blasting!) and now I am finding the top is in worse shape then the bottom. And to top it off now I find my camera a Lumix FZ70 has a hair behind the forward lens. It shows up in the pictures, in the upper right side. Boy will my luck were stop. But besides that the tank is looking pretty good. I got most the bents out and getting ready to try my hand at welding. If the welding doesn't go well then the tank is going into the trash. I guess I am just too hard headed to know when to stop.
Wes

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Oh well what's a few holes on the top.... Gravity will hold the gasoline down.... LOL

I seen on one site where a guy repaired his tank using an epoxy on it to fill holes.

John

I'll also say if you can back up the holes with a piece of copper helps to limit burn through. The copper seems to draw away some of the heat. I've even used a piece of copper pipe split down one side an flattened out as a "backer" and clamped it over a hole to be welded.

John