Hello everyone, hope all your 7's are running well
I wanted to see if anyone out there has replaced a gas tank on their car? I got frustrated while trying to change my fuel sender unit on my gas tank so my gas gauge would work, and ended up tearing the gas tank open. I should of taken the gas tank out to do it but I didn't want to go through the trouble so now i'm paying. I ordered a new (used) tank but I've never done any work with gas tanks/fuel lines before. What should I look out for? Besides the obvious, like lighting a match. Am I going to have a mess of gas on the ground? I'm going to be doing this in an Apartment complex parking lot so neatness counts. Is it really heavy, should i put a jack underneath it and slowly lower it? How many connections are there to the gas tank? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

 

heh one good turn deserves another I guess, so to thank you for the o2 sensor post, here ya go

http://www.nellump.com/peri/epi/firs...nkRemoval.html

 

When i pulled mine off, it had a drain plug to help, but if yours doesnt you should try to drain the gas with a hose or something, its pretty easy to remove, remove the left rear tire to get to some of the covers and the two straps that hold the tank and yes a jack would be helpfull to lower the tank if it still has fuel in it..but there not heavy if empty..good luck........

 

Hey, thanks! I feel more confident now

Happy riding.

 

Definitely drain it before you unbolt it. Gas weighs about 8 lbs/per gallon.

That website mentioned earlier will help you along.