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BG petrol tank removel ?



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marcushookdale

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  rstuned 182ff bg
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.
 
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marcushookdale

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  rstuned 182ff bg
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.
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
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.
 
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Yarp

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  Clio 182, E46 M3
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
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
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
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
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.
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
Mr Underhill said:
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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.
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
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.
 

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marcushookdale

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  rstuned 182ff bg
Well that wasn't a quick fix with the welding and sorting the wheel arch out, Then to find the box section for the rear beam was pretty shot, So cut the out , And sorted that , then to find another hole on the rear back leg, Sorted that........Then found a biggish hole in the front box section ,A little bit more prep , then ready for seam sealer, & underseal the job lot. Rear beam bolts are goosed , then parts shopping
 

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marcushookdale

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  rstuned 182ff bg
Finally ....that took some sorting out, just the front arches to sort now, but all the box sections are wax oiled . I must of thrown nearly 3k at the BG , and still not finished.
 

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marcushookdale

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  rstuned 182ff bg
Piece of s**t laptop , i can't use this feckinh laptop of my gf, ff, i stick the pici's up from my lapy soon, the stupid b**ch for having a laptop that i don't know how to use , lol,All back end looking totally new & fresh.
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
Not the best pici's lads but you sort of get my drift.....i've spent weeks & weeks under the BG cleaning , preping , welding, seam sealing & using the shultz gun, the most thing i'm pretty pleased about is repairing the inners of the petrol flap, seen as it was rotten as f**k and was nearly falling off..I'll try and get a few before pici's up soonish .
 
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marcushookdale

ClioSport Club Member
  rstuned 182ff bg
that's all the rotten shite i cut out and replaced with fresh stuff...
 

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