rethinking my brilliant idea, gas tank padding Options

[type47]

So, I have my gas tank out and painted it yesterday and now am looking for replacements for the pads under the tank. The one I took out looked like it was made out of cloth or cotton-ish material. In searching for a replacement that won't hold moisture (the one I took out looked like it caused a small patch of rust on the tank which I cleaned before painting) so I was in a dollar store and found a 5 pack of scrubbing pads. PERFECT, $1 for 5 pads which only need to be cut on one side to match the original size; the thickness was a great match. Now I'm second guessing my selection in that this scrubbing pad might scrub off the paint on the body and tank. I wonder if it would move enough to scratch off the paint? What do you think?

somewhat related thread:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=203920&hl=

[type47]

I needed something "today" so I went to HD and found this

1-1/4"wide, 7/16" thick for about $8. Very sticky on one side and when it gets squished by the tank, should be about the same thickness as the original felt pad and you'll never see it with the tank installed. Installed 2 strips

then wrestled with the tank install for a couple of hours. One thing that I've never seen is any discussion of the orientation of the nipples so I went with what I thought might work. After seeing that hooking up the fuel hoses was fruitless, I loosened the nuts and rotated to this orientation which is a rotation of 180 from before.

If the hoses are the right length, it's possible to slide them on the nipples with not too much cursing; there is LITTLE access and room under there! Trouble is finding hose clamps that you can get a tool to to tighten them. That's where my day starts today; finding the right hose clamp. So much fun I think I'll do it to my other car! Practice makes perfect (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)