Doing an engine swap, and got a gas tank and fuel pump/send assembly fom pick and pull, the put holes in the gas tank to drain the fuel, any way i can repair the holes? they are no larger than a dime, their are three holes.


Thanx... :usa:

Go to kragens ect, look where the JB weld is and find the clay in a round tube, you kned it up and look for the stuff that says gas proof, use under water, batt acid ect. clean tank with laquer thinner and rough up with rough 36 grit or rougher or a file then clean again and apply. how much did they charge for tyanks they put holes in? do they di the same with oil pand there? they don't do it here.

bar soap

Ever seen one of the add-on drain kits you can add to an auto tranny pan? I bet you can get one of those to work in there.

If not, I would suggest either a plastic welding kit, or using a bolt with some washers and rubber gasket material to try to seal it that way.

I got the whole assembly:

GAS TANK
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (IN GAS TANK)
FUEL LINES (ALL)
ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS TO UEL PUMP (ALL)
CHARCOAL CANISTER
AND ALL FUEL RETRN LINES

For 45$ :D

I was thinking good O'l JB WELD, didnt know if it would really work in this situation.

The gas tank is from an 89 Ford Ranger 2.9l

-Smart Ass :rasta:

Originally posted by SeaBass44
Go to kragens ect, look where the JB weld is and find the clay in a round tube, you kned it up and look for the stuff that says gas proof, use under water, batt acid ect. clean tank with laquer thinner and rough up with rough 36 grit or rougher or a file then clean again and apply. how much did they charge for tyanks they put holes in? do they di the same with oil pand there? they don't do it here.

Originally posted by SeaBass44
Go to kragens ect, look where the JB weld is and find the clay in a round tube, you kned it up and look for the stuff that says gas proof, use under water, batt acid ect. clean tank with laquer thinner and rough up with rough 36 grit or rougher or a file then clean again and apply. how much did they charge for tyanks they put holes in? do they di the same with oil pand there? they don't do it here.

I agree but, I would add a body washer top and bottom with a bolt to secure it. It may also be easier to find a tank without holes.

i couldn't find anything that would work for any length of time! finally i just threw down the hundred bones and got a new one. just a big headache:smokin: :beer:

I'll look into that, nothing worse that having to drop a tank on the trail when its full, when you could drain it (into a holding tank).
:skull: :rasta:

Originally posted by DRM
Ever seen one of the add-on drain kits you can add to an auto tranny pan? I bet you can get one of those to work in there.

If not, I would suggest either a plastic welding kit, or using a bolt with some washers and rubber gasket material to try to seal it that way.

I put a good size hole in my gas tank on the last run I was on. I just drained the tank - and then went to autozone and got this little kit. It was kinda like what the first post said - a clay type material that was made for repairing gas tanks. I just kneded it into a cone shape and then pushed it into the hole. Then I flattened the excess. It's been on for about 6 months and hasn't leaked yet! :D:D:D

Originally posted by brector
I put a good size hole in my gas tank on the last run I was on. I just drained the tank - and then went to autozone and got this little kit. It was kinda like what the first post said - a clay type material that was made for repairing gas tanks. I just kneded it into a cone shape and then pushed it into the hole. Then I flattened the excess. It's been on for about 6 months and hasn't leaked yet! :D:D:D

yup i have teh same stuff, i had 2 different 1/2 holes (drilled through the tank ;) ) and used that junk, its been on for about 2 years, and it don't leak

Thanks Mark, I drilled the top end of mine too putting in the cage :rolleyes: Measure twice, and still got it :D

GOT IT

That stuff is the shizzit, gwad dam, and i thought it was all about JB weld. Im gonna have to keep a tube of that stuff wit me on the trail. called Ouick Steel or something like that, dam, its like the gas tank is new and never had a hole :) Thanx for the advice :beer: :usa:

Originally posted by SMART ASS
I'll look into that, nothing worse that having to drop a tank on the trail when its full, when you could drain it (into a holding tank).
:skull: :rasta:

Originally posted by SMART ASS
GOT IT

That stuff is the shizzit, gwad dam, and i thought it was all about JB weld. Im gonna have to keep a tube of that stuff wit me on the trail. called Ouick Steel or something like that, dam, its like the gas tank is new and never had a hole :) Thanx for the advice :beer: :usa:


I carry it in my trail kit. It's the only stuff I found that works on batt acid.Fixed mine.

Just replace the tank before that crap falls out and you explode. :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

The putty they are talking about is an epoxy. It is a permanant fix. Works good, last long time. I have a tube of it at home, called Pig Putty, just for those trail repairs..:skull:

Nope, its called quick steel, its about the diameter of a nickle, aproxx 4" long, grey crap, smells like 100hobo's and 10 year old wet puz. But gawd dam it works, and for like less than 5$ it was well worth it.

I used to be an avid JB weld user, and still will be, but this stuff dosnt get runny like JB Weld, its a pasty blaydough like compund.

we'll see how it holds :D :D :D

:smokin: :nuke: :eek:

:rasta:

Originally posted by ranger
The putty they are talking about is an epoxy. It is a permanant fix. Works good, last long time. I have a tube of it at home, called Pig Putty, just for those trail repairs..:skull:

QUICK STEEL

So how's it holding up now? :D

That was at least three 'wheeling rigs ago for Dane, probably more.

I have, however, nominated you for the Longest Repost category of the Razzie Awards. :flipoff2:

Randii

Careful with this thread, its an antique....:flipoff2: