Re: Keegan's Replacement Fuel Tank
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/2/25 10:40:18
....and no reason it wouldn't work if the hose is of the right material to resist damage from gasoline.
Best hose IMO to use is the same hose that gasoline delivery tankers use to supply filling stations. When I replaced the pleated brass expansion bellows on my 34 Eight filler neck (the brass had become so work-hardened that it was no longer repairable) I used a section of that hose which had a teflon interior liner, pretty much impervious to any common solvents. You can purchase similar hose by the foot in many diameters from MSC among other sources.
PS - for those of you unfamiliar with the early 30s Packard fuel tanks, here's a pix of the OEM flex joint in the filler neck. Decades of slight flexing finally work-harden the brass so much that it's too brittle for repair. This is the section, between the tank neck and the filler neck in the tail light, that I replaced with the above-mentioned hose. PS - I just hated to abandon this nifty little piece of original engineering but had little choice.
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Best hose IMO to use is the same hose that gasoline delivery tankers use to supply filling stations. When I replaced the pleated brass expansion bellows on my 34 Eight filler neck (the brass had become so work-hardened that it was no longer repairable) I used a section of that hose which had a teflon interior liner, pretty much impervious to any common solvents. You can purchase similar hose by the foot in many diameters from MSC among other sources.
PS - for those of you unfamiliar with the early 30s Packard fuel tanks, here's a pix of the OEM flex joint in the filler neck. Decades of slight flexing finally work-harden the brass so much that it's too brittle for repair. This is the section, between the tank neck and the filler neck in the tail light, that I replaced with the above-mentioned hose. PS - I just hated to abandon this nifty little piece of original engineering but had little choice.
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