The Ford Barn

Robert/Texas · 01-21-2023, 05:18 PM

When I in the army, stationed near Kaiserslautern, Germany in 1958, I had a 1950 Mercedes 170-S. Four of us had the weekend off so we decided to drive to Paris and spend the night there. We reached Saarbrucken and the engine started missing out. We stopped at a Mercedes dealer and they found leaves in the gas tank. They tried to vacuum them all out. Some miles later the engine began missing again in a small town in France so we stopped in a small auto repair shop. One guy with us spoke some French and told the mechanic about our problem. I didn't see how he drained the gas but when he had the car up on the his lift he cut a large hole in the gas tank with a drill and hacksaw and got the rest of the leaves out. Then he gas welded the piece back in and replaced the gas through a filter. We made it to Paris and back and we had a great time but that's another story.

01-21-2023, 05:18 PM	#10
Robert/Texas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Burton, Texas Posts: 770	Re: Putting a drain plug in a gas tank? When I in the army, stationed near Kaiserslautern, Germany in 1958, I had a 1950 Mercedes 170-S. Four of us had the weekend off so we decided to drive to Paris and spend the night there. We reached Saarbrucken and the engine started missing out. We stopped at a Mercedes dealer and they found leaves in the gas tank. They tried to vacuum them all out. Some miles later the engine began missing again in a small town in France so we stopped in a small auto repair shop. One guy with us spoke some French and told the mechanic about our problem. I didn't see how he drained the gas but when he had the car up on the his lift he cut a large hole in the gas tank with a drill and hacksaw and got the rest of the leaves out. Then he gas welded the piece back in and replaced the gas through a filter. We made it to Paris and back and we had a great time but that's another story. Last edited by Robert/Texas; 01-21-2023 at 09:17 PM.