Re: hole in gast tank

[Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can repair it by welding a patch on the hole.
If you have a welder that has experience welding on hydrocarbon piping, 
vessels, etc.
If you do that fill the tank with water and rinse it thourghly.
Before, and while welding, fill with a nitrogen purge to displace any 
hydrocarbons.
Nitrogen is an inert gas.
Keep the nitrogen purge on until all the welding is complete.
The nitrogen is very important. No shortcuts here.
It's what will keep the tank from exploding.
If that's not your cup of tea, open up the wallet, and buy a repop tank.

   Jimmy



Derek Fried wrote:

> Hey all.  The gas tank in my 65 Sport Fury has a hole in it.  Its about 3/4 of the way up, so when I drove it before dropping it off for an extended stay at the body shop, I could only fill it about half way.  Its coming around the time for it to come out of the body shop now, and I need to fix the tank.  So my questions are:
> 1) if you had this problem, did you fix or replace?
> 2) where can I find replacement fuel tanks without foraging through junk yards.  
> Derek
> 1965 Sport Fury
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