infrasilver
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I have eventually got the fuel tank out and on the deck, it was a bit of a nightmare and very tight trying to get it out from between the subframe rear rails.
Once I got the plastic covers, cross braces and tank skid plate off I could see how much the tank was gurning, I would guess it's half its original capacity now.
The base should be flat.
After dropping the subframe, steering rack and 6 coolant hoses I dropped the tank off its cradle.
This was the nightmare bit, the tank wouldn't fit between the subframe rails so a big foot and a lot of kicking eventually saved me dropping the whole subrame and suspension off the front.
How I will get a full size tank back in is anyone's guess.
So with the tank off I could see places I have never seen before and treated a little bit of surface rust and the seams with POR15.
I also noticed my power steering pipes were a bit crusty near the end joints so these got cleaned up and more POR15 coated on them. I also did the brake pipe that runs across the front of the steering rack as this looks a nightmare to get to to with everything still in place.
And the tank out.
The new tank arrived today so will start refitting everything over the weekend, got a used one for £33 rather than pay the OPC price of £2000!
Once I got the plastic covers, cross braces and tank skid plate off I could see how much the tank was gurning, I would guess it's half its original capacity now.
The base should be flat.
After dropping the subframe, steering rack and 6 coolant hoses I dropped the tank off its cradle.
This was the nightmare bit, the tank wouldn't fit between the subframe rails so a big foot and a lot of kicking eventually saved me dropping the whole subrame and suspension off the front.
How I will get a full size tank back in is anyone's guess.
So with the tank off I could see places I have never seen before and treated a little bit of surface rust and the seams with POR15.
I also noticed my power steering pipes were a bit crusty near the end joints so these got cleaned up and more POR15 coated on them. I also did the brake pipe that runs across the front of the steering rack as this looks a nightmare to get to to with everything still in place.
And the tank out.
The new tank arrived today so will start refitting everything over the weekend, got a used one for £33 rather than pay the OPC price of £2000!