Faulkner gets a Redo

[Faulkner]

I ordered a gas filler tube grommet today on ebay, tomorrow I plan to drop the tank. I crawled under to inspect. Looks pretty yucky under there!

Dick, I saw where you advised Rob from Michigan:

@Dick Koch

The filler tube has an O-ring at the end where it goes into the tank. Spray some WD40 on that area. Underneath the car you should see the filler tube where it exits the outer tube in the trunk. there should be approx. 2" exposed. If you can get a rubber strap or chain strap wrench on this area and give it some twists you should be able to work it out. Then go to the top of the tube with the cap on and twist it clockwise and pull up. Should come out.

I was thinking that with the gas tank drained, connections removed and straps removed - it might be possible to break the filler tube connection by twisting the tank. What are your thoughts about that? I think it’s going to be tight to get a strap around that tube.

While I was under there, I tore off a piece of the material between the tank and the trunk floor:

I like Dick’s idea of doubling up on roofing material for this - I think that should do nicely.