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On 2 Jan 2006 at 23:33, Constantino Tobio wrote: > I washed it out with some of the POR-15 Marine Clean, and then treated > the inside with POR-15 Metal Ready to give me a nice coating of Zinc > Phosphate. Dried it out with my shop vac running in reverse (no, I > didn't blow any dirt in there) That sounds really good, although you might want to slosh some oil around in there to keep it rust free until you can get it filled with gas. If you're going to get gas in it right away, this is not necessary. > I'm not going to use the POR-15 fuel tank sealer- the gap between the > bowl and the return line worries me that it would get clogged up. You're doing exactly the right thing. > That said, I gave a good look at the inside of my tank and it looks > absolutely pristine inside, with the metal having a dull flat finish you > get from the zinc phospate. Yup. > I also cleaned up the fuel tank outlet with a little steel wool, and am > putting in a new fuel inlet screen. The old one tore apart when I took > out the fuel outlet. Now all that's left is to replace the fibre washer > in the fuel outlet, and wire brush and paint the edges of the fuel tank > and put in a new weatherstrip. That foam weatherstrip is a good thing to replace any time you have the tank out. It just helps prevent squeaks, and you can use stuff you buy at the hardware store. > My fuel vent hose is solid, so no likelihood that water is going to get > into this tank in any appreciable quantity. > > Anything else I should be doing with the tank? Make sure you have the 2 large "rubber bands" which go around the ends of the large nipples on the gas tank and the filler pipe, and that the hose connecting the two fits over. That hose WILL NOT SEAL if you don't have those bands in there. Bicycle inner tube will NOT work here; it's the wrong kind of rubber, but that part is still available from VW because they were also used on Beetles. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~