NEW gas tank for my 1972 240Z

[A to Z]

So, I decided to cry uncle on patching and repairing my original 52 year old gas tank, and went ahead and ordered one from Chris Visscher at S30.world.  He is very easy to work with, and the tank I received in the mail showed up just a few days after shipemnt from Europe to my doorstep in Colorado.  So incredibly fast shipping.  It appears from the box it was manufactured in Taiwan, and the ports that ARE on the tank have nice rubber plugs on them, and the tank comes with an additional drain plug, a nice unit all zinc plated.  In the pics below you can see how it was shipped and I shined a light inside and grabbed a few pics for you to see how it looks on the inside.  I also went ahead and snagged some new rubber bits to go on the tank to isolate it from the car....I found them on eBay motors via a quick search, Chris also sells them I believe.  So, next will be install.  I also snapped a pic of where you can locate the gas tank on eBay Motors if you wish to buy it through them, and I also provided the email addresses to reach them.  I went through eBay motors, and quickly received an email from Chris wanting to know if I actually wanted all the vents on the tank or not, as the tank on eBay is US spec with all the ports.  That was great, as I really didn't want all the ports, and it added that little extra bit of customer service that I like.  See pics below,  Cheers.

[A to Z]

Today I installed the gas tank.  First I jacked up and drained the old tank, then went to removbe it, the nuts that hold the tank straps are 14mm.  I recommend having a ratcheting open end box end wrench and a ratchet with extension and a deep well 14mm socket.  Screwdrivers to remove the fuel lines, unplug the electricsand lower it down.  You will have to pull it off of the filler neck, even though the clamp is loosened.  Oh, and take pics of everything so you can refer to them on re-install.  Once it was half way down, I was able to remove my singular vent hose.  To put the new tank in, the rubber pieces I bought for it did NOT come with a sticky side, so I used some of my 3M VHB double sided tape and got them on.  I then cut the plugs off the ports I do have and then just put the tank in the hole carefully getting the vent hose in and then getting one strap up and held on to take the weight off then push/pull the tank to get it in the correct spot and then get the filler neck started.  I wasn't able to push the filler neck on...just able to get it started, so I put the other tank strap on, the closest to the end,  and as I tightened it down, it pushed the filler neck on to where I needed it!  Then it is just a process of tightening clamps.  I found that instead of a screwdriver, an 8mm open end wrench worked better for tightening the filler neck clamp.  I noticed that the drain plug in the new tank is 18mm, and the original was 19mm by the way.  Putting the sensor in was easy enough, but I ended up doing it twice and draining the tank twice, as the ground pin, or the pin with the rubber at the base needs to be on top of the other post.  When I filled the tank up, the gauge was reading backwards, so I qucikly drained the fuel, tapped the ring off & flipped the sensor and tightened it back on.  Everything worked great from that point and Bob's your uncle .  I have attached some pics of the days work.  See attached.

Edited September 2 by A to Z
Jesus Is Lord

[calZ]

I feel like the rate of work you've been doing has increased since you declared your project finished 

[A to Z]

It was done.....then the stuff that was never touched decided it wanted to be "touched".  Sure is nice and strong in the midrange with the diesel crank

[calZ]

So is the nature of project cars. They're never done. 

[A to Z]

I consider it finished, in that, it is a ready to be driven at any moment.  Small little projects as you said are never ending.  If it ever gets to where nothing can be done, it will become another boring toy that just sits.