Rubber rubbing blocks around gas-tank., Looking for position of rubber blocks. |
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Rubber rubbing blocks around gas-tank., Looking for position of rubber blocks. |
HansJan |
May 20 2016, 09:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 5-April 16 From: Sugar Land TX Member No.: 19,860 Region Association: Southwest Region |
To prepare for the installation of the Tangerine solid fuel lines, I pulled the tank out of the car. Two large rubber blocks fell out. Now I am trying to figure out where to place these blocks when the tank goes back in. Does anyone know?
Additionally Im am looking for new lug nuts. The car has five-lug fuchs rims. But the seller put mismathed nuts on. Mismatched meaning; the conical part of the nuts do not match the concaves in the rims. I still have some aluminum nuts (from my 911 days), but these used to break. Looking on the web I cant find steel black nuts to match the rims. Does anyone here have a solution for this? |
Garland |
May 20 2016, 10:32 PM
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Restoration Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 1,328 Joined: 8-January 04 From: ......Michigan...... Member No.: 1,535 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Both sides of the tank, near the top of the strut tower.
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Amphicar770 |
May 21 2016, 09:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,188 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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porschetub |
May 21 2016, 03:03 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,697 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
To prepare for the installation of the Tangerine solid fuel lines, I pulled the tank out of the car. Two large rubber blocks fell out. Now I am trying to figure out where to place these blocks when the tank goes back in. Does anyone know? Additionally Im am looking for new lug nuts. The car has five-lug fuchs rims. But the seller put mismathed nuts on. Mismatched meaning; the conical part of the nuts do not match the concaves in the rims. I still have some aluminum nuts (from my 911 days), but these used to break. Looking on the web I cant find steel black nuts to match the rims. Does anyone here have a solution for this? As the picture shows,my car is silver and the rubber had left black marks on the body,there isn't really a lot of other places for them to go just make sure you bed the tank into them before tightening the strap. Never had an issue with the alloy nuts as you have mentioned. |
HansJan |
May 21 2016, 08:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 5-April 16 From: Sugar Land TX Member No.: 19,860 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Thanks for the good explanation and pictures. Without your help I would have thrown them on the bottom of this area (where they were when I first noticed them).
Br, Hans Jan |
Amphicar770 |
May 21 2016, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,188 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Here is a tip for when you put tank back in. The rubber fuel lines will want to kink, especially near where they connect to tank.
The trick I discovered ,the second time I pulled the tank, is to loop the hose which a lot of folks will tell you. I put a loop right near where the hose connect to the tank. I then used a loose fitting zip tie to secure the loop to the metal that the hose connects to. Unlike the first time around, dropping it back in without kinking the hose was a piece of cake. You did not mention the year of your car but if you have the 3 port pump, now is a good time to replace it with a new 2-port. They are inexpensive and doing it now will avoid the second tank pull while eliminating the Y-connection also means one less hose to deal with and fewer clamped connections likely to leak. |
jim_hoyland |
May 21 2016, 10:11 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,270 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California |
If you have a helper on one end of the tank, you both can adjust the rubber blocks so the tank sits perfect and the hood closes properly. After getting to this point, carefully mark the tank where the rubber block sits.
The next time the tank is pulled, the rubber blocks can be taped to the tank using the Mark's as a guide. I've been able to drop I the tank back in without help on the first try |
EdwardBlume |
May 22 2016, 08:07 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
I put neoprene pads under the gas tank to replace the carpet. You want the tank to sit down appropriately and not hang up because of the rubber. Wiggling it back and forth helps it to sit.
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bdstone914 |
May 22 2016, 08:18 AM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,514 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
Several sources for the 911 lug nuts in aluminum. Never seen one break.
Only steel ones I know of are open end in yellow. |
HansJan |
May 26 2016, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 5-April 16 From: Sugar Land TX Member No.: 19,860 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Ok. Finished the installarion of Chriss fuel lines today and reinstalled the tank. Because of the help from all of you it went really easy.
Thanks Hans Ja |
mikesjunk |
May 28 2016, 05:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 29-November 15 From: goddard, KS Member No.: 19,423 Region Association: None |
Blocks, what blocks. Well of course my car doesn't have these so off to see if I can find some. More things for the todo list. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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