AkumaNoZeta Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 My gas tank has a little hole so a while ago I bought what I thought was a 240Z gas tank of eBay for $35. I spent weeks stripping all the original paint of and repainting it along with spending a lot of time completely dismantling and rebuilding the fuel sender. I jacked up my car today to remove the old tank and as soon as I got under there I found out something that floored me, I spent all that time on a 280Z gas tank. So I figured I might as well switch out my rebuilt sender for the broken one out of the tank anyways so I can have a fuel gauge. I broke the J-bolt for the strap in front of the sender so the car's undrivable now because I don't want a gas tank falling out on the highway. Then I spent two hours trying to get the old sender out and just ended up flattening or cutting off any edge that could help me spin because it was rusted together so much. So now I'm waiting on my sister to get here so I can go to the store and see if they have a new J-bolt so I can strap it back on and continue driving the car for a while. Next weekend I'm going to see if my brother's friend will buy my old Mustang for $1500 and then I'm taking that to my friend's friend and possibly buying a late 70's Kawasaki KZ1000 for $1000 and drive that everyday while I use my profit sharing and tax returns together to buy a good MIG welder and completely dismantling the car and rebuild it from the ground up. I'm sick of having to deal with all the problems one by one, I want to just get every problem out of the way in one big shot, like I did with the wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsommer Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Man hate to hear that. I've got a good 240 tank over here in Rogers I'd let go for $60+ shipping if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19762802+2 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 If you want a quick fix for a J-bolt you can just take an exhaust clamp and cut it in half or so that the "hook" end has enough curvature to stay inside the hole. It worked fine for me and its nice if you just have an extra laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkumaNoZeta Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'll have to go buy an exhaust clamp now, that's a good idea. My friend might have one or two so I'll go check with him Thursday. I have it jerry-rigged with a steel coat hanger right now, held up good all day so far. I think since I spent $75 on that other tank and spent all that time making the fuel sender work perfectly that I think I'll just take out my current tank and fix it, but I'm going to stop working on it for now and just maintain and keep driving it until I can sell the Mustang to get a bike because there's a lot of things that needs to be done...or more precisely I just sick of driving a beat-up car and want it brand new again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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