{"id":171,"date":"2006-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:56:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:56:46","slug":"bel-air\/all-day-fit-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"All day to fit a tank"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new stainless tank arrived this week along with a load of parts to repair the Camaro. It’s got a fuel injection pump inside the tank, so it needed wiring in too. It should have been a quick and easy job to do, so I dropped the existing tank down and removed the old straps and mounting bolts. With the tank on the jack, I put it into place and tried to do up the new straps only to find that they seemed about an inch too short. I took it all out again, then hung the straps from the lower mount and tried again. I could just get the end of the strap to touch the bolt, and after a lot of bending I got it to slide on just enough to try and put the nut on. <\/p>\n

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It took ages to get the nut on, and when I did it was tight after 3 or 4 turns. It was enough to hold it in place, so I moved on to the other side. That was nowhere near the bolt, so I decided to drop it down again and clearance where the filler neck hit the floor. The nut wouldnt turn at all, and no matter whet I did I couldn’t shift it. I tightened the nut on the other side up to the floor to try and hold it steady, but still would not come off. I ended up having to saw it off with a hacksaw, which was a pain in the tight space. I then could not shif the nut that I’d tightened to the floor, so ended up tack welding the bolt to hold it steady, then removing the nut, and then the bolt. By this point I’d had enough, so I took the light that I wasn’t happy with out and ground it down to get a better fit. I got it much better than it was, but still too much of a gap at the bottom. I decided to give the tank one last try, and hammered in the dent in the floor for the neck before trying again with the old bolts. They fit easily, and a quick compare showef the new bolts to be about a centimetre shorter. I hate days like this. <\/p>\n

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My new stainless tank arrived this week along with a load of parts to repair the Camaro. It’s got a fuel injection pump inside the tank, so it needed wiring in too. It should have been a quick and easy job to do, so I dropped the existing tank down and removed the old straps and mounting bolts. With the tank on the jack, I put it into place and tried to do up the new straps only to find that they seemed about an inch too short. I took it all out again, then hung the straps from the lower mount and tried again. I could just get the end of the strap to touch the bolt, and after a lot of bending I got it to slide on just enough to try and put the nut on. <\/p>\n

\"Shiny-Stainless-Tank.jpg\"<\/p>\n

It took ages to get the nut on, and when I did it was tight after 3 or 4 turns. It was enough to hold it in place, so I moved on to the other side. That was nowhere near the bolt, so I decided to drop it down again and clearance where the filler neck hit the floor. The nut wouldnt turn at all, and no matter whet I did I couldn’t shift it. I tightened the nut on the other side up to the floor to try and hold it steady, but still would not come off. I ended up having to saw it off with a hacksaw, which was a pain in the tight space. I then could not shif the nut that I’d tightened to the floor, so ended up tack welding the bolt to hold it steady, then removing the nut, and then the bolt. By this point I’d had enough, so I took the light that I wasn’t happy with out and ground it down to get a better fit. I got it much better than it was, but still too much of a gap at the bottom. I decided to give the tank one last try, and hammered in the dent in the floor for the neck before trying again with the old bolts. They fit easily, and a quick compare showef the new bolts to be about a centimetre shorter. I hate days like this. <\/p>\n

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