Petrol Tank Refurb (POR 15)

The boot would smell a little of petrol when the tanks were more than half full.
Not sure where the leak was coming from but probably time to change all the rubber seals and seal the tanks with POR 15.

To remove the tanks you need to remove the boot springs and disconnect the strut from the boot lid to make space.

The condition of the tanks were not that bad but evidence of previous repair was noted on the LH outside.

Little bit rusty inside RH tank

The POR 15 cleaning takes a while. And preparing the 3 joining pipes also.

S3 filler, joiner, S4 joiner

Note that the series 3 has a different RH tank and the filler cap and joining hose is different to series 4 & 5.

The Tank sealer does need to be mixed well, it can be lumpy.
Sealing the tanks is easy enough but ensuring the excess is well drained takes some care.

Refitting the springs is easy if the strut is removed from the boot lid.

Pulling the strut rear-wards means the spring is close to the shortest extension possible. The left spring was easily fitted by hand. The right spring was a bit stronger and just needed a small hook to pull a few extra mm.





8mm Nylon fuel pipe from ssldiesel was installed as fuel feed and also a new return to tank.

Dashboard, fuel guage,fuel cut-off switch

Next winter I'll remove the dash properly and sort out the 50 years of bodges (including mine) as the final wiring should be well planned by then.

It was impossible to get to the fuel gauge thumbscrew so the crash pad was removed and the glove box.

 
The glove box was a previous owners design so some of it may have been easier than normal. 
The broken Bakelite glove-box surround was "repaired" with "super steel" as it's a reasonable colour match. 

Fuel gauge works and gives a more accurate result of what I put in the tank after I last ran out of petrol!
The cigar lighter was also repaired and "converted" to negative earth. Odd that it only works with side lights on.

The heater fan came out because it squeals like a banshee... 

The upper bearing was seized. With much force and WD40 it was released and now all is well. getting the plastic fan off was hardest part.


A fuel pump cut-off (impact) switch and manual isolate switch was added.