Fuel Tank Question: '60 Val
Since there are no good condition 1960 Valiant gas tanks lying around, anywhere, I looked into contriving a fuel tank from scratch from a place that does that locally, but they didn't want it because of the curve in the tank for the wrap-around of the spare tire well. Then I had the bright idea of why make a curve, when a smaller dimension right angled bracket shaped fabricated tank would accomplish the same end- until I crawled under on my arthritic knees and realized the space between axle and well was impossibly small; no doubt why they made the tank a wrap around.
Then we thought about putting a fuel cell into the very large spare well. That looked promising.
Just for a curiosity, and since I had the tank off anyways, I filled it with water. And filled. And filled. At some point the water level exceeded the inlet port and water started to back out- but it kept on and on and on after I had shut the water down. It was almost as if it was doing a reverse siphoning effect. Also, a little trickle of water ran down from the level of the sending unit.
So, why it allowed me to fill the tank on several occasions before without this over-wash (of gasoline) I can only guess. Bad filler gasket, as Professor Fate asks? Therefore, if I can fill it with maybe ten gallons (15 gallon tank? Maybe??) that would negate the leakage problem, excepting for sloshing while accelerating or stopping.
I don't like the idea of a twenty gallon unsecured cell in the trunk. God forbid I wreck, or get hit, then I will be getting a gasoline bath. Or should I just say to Heck with it and go with the cell? That tank does not look to hold more than 15 gallons if filled to the very top- and it reverse siphons out if overfilled.
Advice please?
Well, well, well Professor Fate. After pulling the tank, and it did look pretty thrashed from 64 years of road spray, I went about doing everything but investigating the leak, which I presumed was major.
Since there are no good condition 1960 Valiant gas tanks lying around, anywhere, I looked into contriving a fuel tank from scratch from a place that does that locally, but they didn't want it because of the curve in the tank for the wrap-around of the spare tire well. Then I had the bright idea of why make a curve, when a smaller dimension right angled bracket shaped fabricated tank would accomplish the same end- until I crawled under on my arthritic knees and realized the space between axle and well was impossibly small; no doubt why they made the tank a wrap around.
Then we thought about putting a fuel cell into the very large spare well. That looked promising.
Just for a curiosity, and since I had the tank off anyways, I filled it with water. And filled. And filled. At some point the water level exceeded the inlet port and water started to back out- but it kept on and on and on after I had shut the water down. It was almost as if it was doing a reverse siphoning effect. Also, a little trickle of water ran down from the level of the sending unit.
So, why it allowed me to fill the tank on several occasions before without this over-wash (of gasoline) I can only guess. Bad filler gasket, as Professor Fate asks? Therefore, if I can fill it with maybe ten gallons (15 gallon tank? Maybe??) that would negate the leakage problem, excepting for sloshing while accelerating or stopping.
I don't like the idea of a twenty gallon unsecured cell in the trunk. God forbid I wreck, or get hit, then I will be getting a gasoline bath. Or should I just say to Heck with it and go with the cell? That tank does not look to hold more than 15 gallons if filled to the very top- and it reverse siphons out if overfilled.
Advice please?