Fuel tank installed
After getting all you guys input in my thread "Fuel tank recommendations ?" I have finished the install in my 69 Barracuda fastback and have few tip(s) First I bought a Sprectra tank (eBay, Tamraz) made in Canada. Electro nickel plated for corrosion resistance. I replaced the pad, floor gasket, filler neck gasket, fuel line ground strap (Vans). I painted the tank metallic silver and painted the old straps gloss black. It was recommended to me to buy a sender lock ring wrench (Vans) and I strongly agree. On the new tank the hole for the sender has a ring spot welded around it with the tangs for the lock ring. Theres six spot welds, two for each of the three tangs. The ring is somewhat distorted between the spot welds. When the lock ring that came with the tank is installed with the sender and gasket and you turn the ring, it snaps/stops when aligned with the indents on the tangs. Problem is, the little ramps on the lock ring aren't very tall and it didn't seal and leaked. When I was buying everything, I bought two extra lock rings from different sources hoping for a different design or better gasket. Bingo! One of those two had taller ramps (see picture, has "N" on part number ) and squeezed the gasket better and sealed. The wrench helped keep the lock and gasket from getting out of center in the opening, as the new style isn't as fool- proof as the originals. The pad I got from vans was nice thick foam and better than I was expecting.
After getting all you guys input in my thread "Fuel tank recommendations ?" I have finished the install in my 69 Barracuda fastback and have few tip(s) First I bought a Sprectra tank (eBay, Tamraz) made in Canada. Electro nickel plated for corrosion resistance. I replaced the pad, floor gasket, filler neck gasket, fuel line ground strap (Vans). I painted the tank metallic silver and painted the old straps gloss black. It was recommended to me to buy a sender lock ring wrench (Vans) and I strongly agree. On the new tank the hole for the sender has a ring spot welded around it with the tangs for the lock ring. Theres six spot welds, two for each of the three tangs. The ring is somewhat distorted between the spot welds. When the lock ring that came with the tank is installed with the sender and gasket and you turn the ring, it snaps/stops when aligned with the indents on the tangs. Problem is, the little ramps on the lock ring aren't very tall and it didn't seal and leaked. When I was buying everything, I bought two extra lock rings from different sources hoping for a different design or better gasket. Bingo! One of those two had taller ramps (see picture, has "N" on part number ) and squeezed the gasket better and sealed. The wrench helped keep the lock and gasket from getting out of center in the opening, as the new style isn't as fool- proof as the originals. The pad I got from vans was nice thick foam and better than I was expecting.
