Putting a drain plug in a gas tank?

[jplutz]

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

How do you get this sort of plug INSIDE the gas tank, and with a wrench?

G B Sisson describes it fairly well.
The plug slides approx 1/2 way into the hole, with the nut on the outside(bottom of the tank). When I tightened the nut the neoprene held the bolt steady and I was able crush and expand the plug to seal the hole. I tried it at NAPA when I bought it and it worked in the store. That was last April. The plug and the hole are dry as a bone. Checked yesterday when I took the car for a drive.
JPL

[B-O-B]

Give McMaster Carr at try for automotive gas tank self sealing drain plug. They show a brass one for $18.33.

[Lawson Cox]

A little off topic, but close enough. I had a split in the plastic gas tank on my Ranger pickup. Knowing it takes a spark or flame to ignite gas or fumes, I crawled under the truck with an old Western Electric electric soldering iron, real hot, and melted the plastic enough to fuse the leak shut. Still holding 10 years later.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

A little off topic, but close enough. I had a split in the plastic gas tank on my Ranger pickup. Knowing it takes a spark or flame to ignite gas or fumes, I crawled under the truck with an old Western Electric electric soldering iron, real hot, and melted the plastic enough to fuse the leak shut. Still holding 10 years later.

Smooth move, Counselor! Did it not occur to you that there MIGHT be some SPARKS involved to make that "ELECTRIC" soldering iron "real hot"? Even more-so if there happens to be a malfunction in the soldering iron's inner workings!

And, did you GROUND the truck before you started that project, just to preclude any stray STATIC electrical discharge?


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