Finished Gas Tank Install!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:49 pm
Finally got a break in the weather so I could put the tank back in! No more leak, no more damage, no more crap hardware/hoses and added a 2nd fuel filter coming off the tank.
This is the damaged area with the solder repair primed and undercoated with 3M 0881 undercoating (awesome stuff). It is definitely not pretty, but I sealed the hose outlets, pumped a few pounds of air pressure into it with the compressor, and then checked all the repair areas with soapy water - no bubbles!
All the bits ready to go
Lots of small and large repair and restoration areas on this project, all from trapping water against metal. The repairs should never have been needed - it was simply the result of piss-poor maintenance and really bad judgement.
Once the sacrificial fires were lit to call down the Volvo gods, it came to life!
This is the damaged area with the solder repair primed and undercoated with 3M 0881 undercoating (awesome stuff). It is definitely not pretty, but I sealed the hose outlets, pumped a few pounds of air pressure into it with the compressor, and then checked all the repair areas with soapy water - no bubbles!
All the bits ready to go
Lots of small and large repair and restoration areas on this project, all from trapping water against metal. The repairs should never have been needed - it was simply the result of piss-poor maintenance and really bad judgement.
Once the sacrificial fires were lit to call down the Volvo gods, it came to life!