Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/6/18 15:52:36
Kanter doesn't have any more tanks, so Motor City Classics it is. I wonder if they'll cut shipping costs by shipping a windshield at the same time??
Don, I likely will not cut a hole in the trunk. Dropping the tank didn't take any more than 5 minutes, and that's coming from someone who's never done it before. It took forever to drain the gas because it was just dribbling out, but the actual dropping part was a breeze. If I ever had a problem with the sender then I'd just drain and drop.
For reference, here are a couple of pictures of the tank. Top has no undercoating, whereas the bottom is caked with it (as is most of the underframe of the car). No holes in the tank. The leak is from the collar (bung?) that is not sealed. What looks like a hole is actually just missing undercoating from messing with the drain plug. See the exposed metal where the strap and cushion was. To be clear, the tank had gas in it and was only leaking from around the plug/collar.
-Kevin
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Don, I likely will not cut a hole in the trunk. Dropping the tank didn't take any more than 5 minutes, and that's coming from someone who's never done it before. It took forever to drain the gas because it was just dribbling out, but the actual dropping part was a breeze. If I ever had a problem with the sender then I'd just drain and drop.
For reference, here are a couple of pictures of the tank. Top has no undercoating, whereas the bottom is caked with it (as is most of the underframe of the car). No holes in the tank. The leak is from the collar (bung?) that is not sealed. What looks like a hole is actually just missing undercoating from messing with the drain plug. See the exposed metal where the strap and cushion was. To be clear, the tank had gas in it and was only leaking from around the plug/collar.
-Kevin
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