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Harpo

Sep 16 2012, 11:10 AM

Good afternoon everyone,

The threads on my gas tank supply & return are dammaged and I'm unable to get the nut on. The threads are very fine and the two nipples are too close together to use a thread chaser or a die

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GeorgeRud

Sep 16 2012, 02:45 PM

Some folks have internally tapped the bungs and then used AN fittings for the fuel lines. Might be the easiest way to repair the tank.

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