{"id":873,"date":"2010-03-30T19:35:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T19:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/?p=873"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T21:12:26","slug":"fuel-tank-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/mega-squirt-efi\/vw-trike\/fuel-tank-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Tank Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the last part of the week was stolen from me for work and the weekend and Monday fell to a stomach virus, I was definitely ready to cut some metal.<\/p>\n

I pulled the fuel tank off the frame and drained it. I’m wondering why I completely filled it way back when. Now I have a really full 5 gallon can full of iffy gas. That’s a lot of mowing.<\/p>\n

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I first pulled the filler neck off. I found, not entirely to my surprise, that it was held by four sheetmetal screws and “sealed” with what appears to be Bondo.<\/p>\n

With the filler neck off, I could photograph inside the tank. It’s not a happy sight. The outside of the bottom is somewhat pitted as well. Since it’s only about 16ga steel, there’s not a lot of material to corrode away. The entire bottom, if not the whole tank, should be replaced.<\/p>\n

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While I am formulating plan B to replace the bottom plate (or the whole tank), I will continue with plan A.<\/p>\n

I marked and cut the hole for the pump and test fit it. I also cut a trial gasket.<\/p>\n

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