'87 fuel tank collapsed today
#31
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thanks for the follow up info ,
I hope the tank wont start leaking from being collapsed
I hope the tank wont start leaking from being collapsed
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Well...I couldn't get the fuel tank to pop back to original shape with compressed air. I then removed the fuel level sender (brand new) and found it stuck in the funnel at the bottom...extracted it successfully, but the cylinder is dented...will have to straighten that out with a socket as Rob did...
Then I tried beating the dent back out from the inside through the level sender hole with a wooden baseball bat, but no go.
So...out the tank has come. Note the top with the level sender hole is somewhat collapsed, and there is a repair from who knows when (right where Dwayne's cracked if I am not mistaken).
Here's the big problem on the bottom of the tank:
The camera angle doesn't really show how collapsed the bottom is. I've got it baking out in the sun right now...looks like it is already starting to come back to shape. We'll see.
Then I tried beating the dent back out from the inside through the level sender hole with a wooden baseball bat, but no go.
So...out the tank has come. Note the top with the level sender hole is somewhat collapsed, and there is a repair from who knows when (right where Dwayne's cracked if I am not mistaken).
Here's the big problem on the bottom of the tank:
The camera angle doesn't really show how collapsed the bottom is. I've got it baking out in the sun right now...looks like it is already starting to come back to shape. We'll see.
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I tried to straighten my new fuel level sender tube, but my Snap-On 34mm socket has an extra thick shoulder that doesn't allow it to slide inside the tube. So...I took apart my disgusting original sending unit, cleaned up the tube and transferred the rest of the new sender over. Perfect.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission? George Layton March 2014
928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
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Thanks for posing this up as I've had a few customers that elected to just leave the system open at the Y connector instead of spending "shop" costs to fix it. This kind of stuff is what makes Rennlist the bomb.
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Yes, free exchange of information is excellent. My brother said a Rennlist membership would be invaluable in restoring this car, and he was correct.
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