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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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Dont be a hero and try to repair the 60 dollar gas tank. Just buy a new one.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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This is a no bullshit story, an old timer I know would just weld them up in the car. fill the tank all the way up with gas he would use oxyacetlyne and braze that ----. I was pretty nerovuse when I saw him do it but it can be done.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mopar318
Dont be a hero and try to repair the 60 dollar gas tank. Just buy a new one.
might not be a $60 tank.
Old Dec 14, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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hang a bucket under the leak, than a small pump that can be hooked up to a switch and to 12v and route it back to your tank.
Old Dec 14, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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i had a leak in a former EK i had. Dropped the tank and had it hot tanked for like 10 min. This way it didn't eat the undercoating on it. Washed it out with water, flame checked it, then went to town. Any decent automotive machine shop should have a hot tank.
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by sexyblackcrx
This is a no bullshit story, an old timer I know would just weld them up in the car. fill the tank all the way up with gas he would use oxyacetlyne and braze that ----. I was pretty nerovuse when I saw him do it but it can be done.
We had a guy in my welding class get into pipeling. He said they dug up sub 18" natrual gas lines with a quickness and they were welded in place and live.


Neighboor's vette up the street had a dealer install some blah axle back exhaust. They screwed a bracket through his tank. Took him a week to realize why he was running out of gas.
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:43 AM
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I lowcentered my blazer once, punctured the tank... JB welded it WITRH gas init and never had a problem with it again
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by sexyblackcrx
This is a no bullshit story, an old timer I know would just weld them up in the car. fill the tank all the way up with gas he would use oxyacetlyne and braze that ----. I was pretty nerovuse when I saw him do it but it can be done.
yup no oxygen no fire, its the vapor that burns not the liquid its self
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 01:39 AM
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i had a rusty integra that leaked somewhere on the side of the tank. i sprayed truck bed liner all over everything in that general area.

i think it still smelled a little, so i sold the ----
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 89shithatch
hang a bucket under the leak, than a small pump that can be hooked up to a switch and to 12v and route it back to your tank.
this man is a genius



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