[FWDLK] Gas tank plug removal

["Rimington, Kenneth" <ken.rimington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I need advice from the gas tank experts on the list.  I have a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal with a gas tank in good shape except for it is pushed in on the bottom a bit.  There is a lead covered steel plug on the bottom with a broached double square 8 point star pattern socket in it.  I cannot find an 8 point tool to remove it. I want to remove the plug so I can use the hole to insert tools to raise the dent.  Here are some questions:

• Is the plug sweated on (soldered)?
• Do you use a square tool to remove the plug (engaging 4 of the 8 points)?
• Is the plug swaged or screwed in?  I cannot see the plug on the inside well enough to tell.
• Has anyone replaced the plug with a valve to facilitate draining the tank?  If so, how was the valve plumbed?
• Has anyone installed a drain valve in the gas tank?

I would appreciate feedback from anyone who has removed said plug, with any tips, so I do not mess up my tank.  Thanks.

 

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