i tried to order a new tank, but there isn't a single one in the country. i know the 84 gas tank is 400 bucks less. is there any easy way to use the 84 tank on my 83? i really want to get this problem fixed b4 i have to put it away for the winter. any help would be great--thanx

 

Ya there is. www.mazatrix.com. They have gas tanks, but they're like a ton of money

 

yea, i already placed the order to mazdatirx for the 83, but there isn't a single one. i don't know if i could even get an 84 tank, but if i can hook it up without too much problems i would rather do that then wait.

 

I'm not sure if it will hook up like the 83. Whats the reason for the new gas tank??

 

Whats wrong with the one you got now?

If its rusty, you can take it to a local shop and they put a new liner in for ya. Its alot less expensive then getting a new tank.

I went the other day and got a quote for 132 if I dropped it and brought it in myself.

 

Yea^^, thats why i was asking why you were getting a new one You can get it cleaned for very cheap like mattg said

 

where did you take your tank to?

 

the only problem is that no one in my town does it. i was origianlly going to do that. i think i might give a dealership a call to see if they would do it. right now i'm sol until i find a new tank or someone to seal it.

 

I used a '80 SA tank in my '83 FB. It fit the same, and the fuel lines hooked up the same. You might find someone parting out a car that has a good tank. Since the '80 is the same, shouldn't the '81 through '83's be the same?

 

they are, but i havn't found a used one yet

 

My '83 had been sitting for 13 years, so I've had lots of problems with gunk and rust in the tank. I had it boiled out at a radiator shop which got most of the gunk out, but stlll had rust in it. It would clog the fuel filter up in a mile or so. I ordered a kit from Rags-To-Riches that included Marcine Clean, Metal Etch and POR15 Fuel Tank Sealer. I just finished the treatment and have to wait 4 days for the sealer to dry before putting gas in it, but I think this is going to work. The tank looked great inside after the metal etch treatment- no rust at all. The kit was about $70.

- David

 

You can do it yourself also, it doesnt seem like it would be that hard. Here is a link to that stuff called Por-15 which I would recommend using.

http://www.por15.com/PRODUCTS/COMPLE...6/Default.aspx

 

That's the same kit I bought- just from a reseller...
- David

 

Yep, Every fourm that I belong too, if they are talkign about restoring gas tanks this name "POR15" always comes up

 

You could do what mattg said. I saw a 83 gas tank in the for sale section, but it already had people who have dibs on it

 

Hey mattg, does it come with instructions on how to do it??

 

Yes they have a PDF file of it on the website

http://www.por15.com/Portals/0/uploa...pair%20kit.pdf

 

Thanks Mattg. I might do this. If i have the time. I'll most likely end up getting it professinally cleaned

 

I need to drop my tank and see what it looks like inside. If there are a lot of dips and god forbid any baffles. I will take it to a shop.

I plan on doing this on my pinto gas tank, only thing is I cant find a fuel level sender. I wont put the old rusty one in my new tank.

Another thing I like about that shops, if something goes wrong I got someone else to blmae other than myself! lol

 

There is a baffle in the '83 tank. It is about the middle of the tank and runs from top to almost the bottom. You just jave to swish the chemicals around in it a lot to get everything cleaned/sealed. Also, I've had the pickup and reurn lines replaced in my tank, but looking inside it, the original return line had a wire mesh filter attached to the bottom of the tank. If I was still using it, the sealer would have ruined it.
-David