Gas tank replacement
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Gas tank replacement
Hello everyone, hope all your 7's are running well
I wanted to see if anyone out there has replaced a gas tank on their car? I got frustrated while trying to change my fuel sender unit on my gas tank so my gas gauge would work, and ended up tearing the gas tank open. I should of taken the gas tank out to do it but I didn't want to go through the trouble so now i'm paying. I ordered a new (used) tank but I've never done any work with gas tanks/fuel lines before. What should I look out for? Besides the obvious, like lighting a match. Am I going to have a mess of gas on the ground? I'm going to be doing this in an Apartment complex parking lot so neatness counts.
Is it really heavy, should i put a jack underneath it and slowly lower it? How many connections are there to the gas tank? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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I wanted to see if anyone out there has replaced a gas tank on their car? I got frustrated while trying to change my fuel sender unit on my gas tank so my gas gauge would work, and ended up tearing the gas tank open. I should of taken the gas tank out to do it but I didn't want to go through the trouble so now i'm paying. I ordered a new (used) tank but I've never done any work with gas tanks/fuel lines before. What should I look out for? Besides the obvious, like lighting a match. Am I going to have a mess of gas on the ground? I'm going to be doing this in an Apartment complex parking lot so neatness counts.
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8krpm is not enough
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heh
one good turn deserves another I guess, so to thank you for the o2 sensor post, here ya go ![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
http://www.nellump.com/peri/epi/firs...nkRemoval.html
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When i pulled mine off, it had a drain plug to help, but if yours doesnt you should try to drain the gas with a hose or something, its pretty easy to remove, remove the left rear tire to get to some of the covers and the two straps that hold the tank and yes a jack would be helpfull to lower the tank if it still has fuel in it..but there not heavy if empty..good luck........
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