BG petrol tank removel ?

[marcushookdale]

Hello Chaps, I'm going to try and drop my petrol tank tomorrow, I've got the BG nearly sripped underneath , ie exhaust / heat sheilds off , Also dropped the rear beam today, I'm giving the BG a bit of TLC that it desperately needs, Also i've got bumbers off, plus wings and sill covers, inside the BG is also stripped, for rear quarter treatment, How easy is it removing the petrol tank , With high pressure fuel lines and s**t ? Is there anything i should know before going at it.....Thanks lads.

 

[Daniel]

What colour is the car mate?

 

[marcushookdale]

What colour is the car mate?

I throw that up there , then you lot know i ain't talking about a 1.2 or what ever other car.

 

[marcushookdale]

I guess it's just crack on then and see what happens, only being one fuel line to unplug..

 

[Touring_Rob]

No mate, I think its 4 bolts, two of which you probably had to remove to get access to beam, then fuel lines and tank sender. Carbon canister lines goes to tank or fill tube (i forget) too.

All easy stuff.

 

[Touring_Rob]

Harder on other colours though

 

[Brigsy]

Drain the fuel first or expect a petrol shower.

 

[marcushookdale]

Thanks Rob. just didn't want to f**k anything up pulling high pressure lines of the fuel sender, i'm guessing it's just a unplug jobby . I want to drop the tank so i can underseal you see, and treat up in the arch / behind the fuel flap, which looks abit sketchy.....Cheers again Rob. good man.

 

[marcushookdale]

Drain the fuel first or expect a petrol shower.

Yeah man.

 

[Touring_Rob]

Go for it, I didn't find anything bad under the tank though. Worst was those cavities above the rear spring platforms

 

[marcushookdale]

Yeah been looking at them today, tbh they don't look to bad to be fair, I'm pretty well chuffed how it's all seems okish under there..Only got one tiny bit of paint bubbling on the drivers side rear arch. I'll check the fuel cap jobby out tomorrow., Brake pipes are goosed so after a beam refresh i'll throw some braided lines on.

 

[Yarp]

The fuel line just pops off. It’ll throw a bit of fuel out but nowt too serious.

As above, highly recommend doing it with the tank empty. It’s amazing how f**king heavy they are when they have fuel in!

4 bolts to drop it. If the brake lines and the handbrake cables are already out the way it’s easy enough as long as the bolts play ball

 

[marcushookdale]

Petrol light is on anyhow, it's only got about a tenners worth in it at the mo..so not heavy . Yep handbrake cables came out today , with calipers Nice one Yarp

 

[TheBandit]

Make sure you get black braided lines so the car doesn't reject them

 

[Crayola]

I can't say for certain but on my MB it was easy after I dropped the rear beam on my MB

The rear beams differ from colour to colour though

MB

 

[Touring_Rob]

I can't say for certain but on my MB it was easy after I dropped the rear beam on my MB

The rear beams differ from colour to colour though

MB

You probably drank the petrol to make the tank easier to remove.

 

[Crayola]

You probably drank the petrol to make the tank easier to remove.

Nah I did it when it was empty and the lawnmower had some v-power

Cut the grass fukin rapid broooo

MB

 

[marcushookdale]

Well tank can of pretty easy , bar one snapped stud, the biggest shocker was finding a big rotten hole under the arch above the fuel filler, so all chopped out and ready for welding up, the arch was like tin foil, But the outter rear quarter and around the petrol cap area ,is in good nik....So good bases to spot weld too, I'll weld it up in two sections....I'm more than confident i'll sort that..Seem as i spend most of my nights watching Yorkshire Car restoration.Lol, I might even put a little gromet in , so i can cavity wax it after welding, Then underseal over the gromet. And the snapped stud for the petrol tank, i'll just drill and retap the.

 

[Mr Underhill]

Pictures please

 

[Matt Cup]

Make sure you get BG braided lines so the car doesn't reject them

EFA 😉

 

[marcushookdale]

Pictures please

I don't have a phone to take pictues with, i got sick of the mobile about 5/6 yr ago so fucked it off..But i can use my mates phone, I'll get a few tomorrow, but it'll only be showing what i've chopped out and started preppin, It'll take me a good few hours bending and shaping the sheet metal, think it's about 0.9-1mm, But i'll bung more up has i'm going along.

 

[Martin_172]

No mate, I think its 4 bolts, two of which you probably had to remove to get access to beam, then fuel lines and tank sender. Carbon canister lines goes to tank or fill tube (i forget) too.

All easy stuff.

Incorrect, its 4 bolts on a RB, LY, PB - The others only have 1 bolt.

 

[marcushookdale]

Rot cut out, and a bit of red primer slapped on , Iv'e managed to get on section welding in on sunday afternoon, Then fucked it off coz all mi mates were sat at the pub , plus it was to fecking hot stuck under that wheel arch. I'll do abit more on it this week.

 

[marcushookdale]

Should be back on all 4's in the next few week , just got a holiday to get out the way , then throw some pound notes at it.