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>Are you sure that's where the leak is? It's pretty >unusual for the seam to spring a leak. I've never >seen this. Well, I'm not sure. Haven't taken the tank out yet. The symptom I see is gas stain/dirt accumulation inside the trunk area starting at the top edge of the tank and extending about 1" toward the windshield. And gasoline smell and drips under the car when the tank is > 3/4 full. >The early 68 tank had an oval fill hole, so it is >different from all the other FI tanks. >This would be hard to replace if you can't fix it. Naturally, this is the one I have. @8-) >You might consider taking it to a radiator repair >shop and let them solder it closed. That might >be a better fix. I agree. But paying $ to someone else instead of fixing it myself crushes my spirit. The repair shop is a good idea though, especially if my chemical fix would interfere with later soldering. Ack.... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org