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Well that’s Ugly.

 

190 on steers that’s fantastic . Excellent thread good numbers. Looks like all your research paid off good . Great Dedication and hard work.Sorry to see surprise w/ trailer recently. I had similar $$$ on old Dry van. Had to run it a few more yrs that’s all.Now it’s storage. Take a break and Good Luck

 

One of my chores I want to get done on my recent purchase.


You think it would be easier to drop the tanks and polish them?

 

I've given up on rubber strips. They don't last. I use 2" cargo straps....and stainless nuts and bolts

 

I was considering making a new thread, but I will add to this thread.

In the last week I discovered that my driver's side tank is leaking fuel if my tanks are more than 3/4 full. The leak is under the back strap.

I already had a shop take off the tank and pressure test it. They found a leaking gasket from the fuel gauge sender, but nothing else. First time I fueled full after that I had the same leaking. It goes away after the tanks are 3/4 full. It comes from underneath the back strap.

I'm thinking about pulling the tank myself, then using JB Weld to patch the leak, THEN using Flex Tape over the entire interface between the straps and tank.

Any thoughts? Any idea what tools I need to get that done with a T2000?

 

My new rubbers didn’t last 18 months. That’s when I went to cargo straps

 

I’ve used JB weld to “bondo” pin holes. Then 2” cargo straps instead of rubber as mentioned above. It worked really well. It’s lasted ~8 yrs so far. Aero fairings are murder on fuel tanks because the tanks never get washed