atc250r

Bill,

My truck had steel lines coming out of the sender. Is that one in the picture an updated part or one from a newer truck? The steel lines on mine rusted away so the plastic seems like it's a much smarter idea.

John

winkle

Cool thanks

patdaly

Thats the updated part, not sure what year they started doing it, I know 99 still had steel lines from the factory.

atc250r

Aha. Good to know. I ended up putting in a draw straw to fix the leaky stock lines.

Thanks.

John

infidel

Drawstraw is a much cheaper route to take rather than buying a $300 updated tank module.

atc250r

Absolutely, it was a no-brainer.

winkle

Well I found the leak.

Apparently something hit the tank about mid way up in the front and put a gash in the tank. I cleaned it real good and put some JB weld in the gash and around the area. So will see if this works.

infidel

If not there are leak fix kits made especially for fuel tanks.
I've used them in the past with great success.
Most autoparts carry them.

winkle

Are they for metal or plastic because I'm not quite sure how well JB bonds to plastic.

infidel

They're for both.

atc250r

Do you mean the ones that you patch the tank almost like bondo would be used or the ones that form a liner inside the tank?

John

infidel

The ones that go on the outside for a puncture.

The inside sealers work excellent for rusted metal tanks. The way I've used the inner sealer is to chain the tank to a rear tractor tire, tractor jacked off the ground. Put a couple of handfuls of gravel or nuts in the tank and let the tractor idle in low gear for an hour or so. Cleans the tank of rust great.
Then add the sealer and let it idle again.

dieselman2300

Bill,
I love your simplicity of engineering.
I would have never thought of putting a tank on a tractor tire and filling it with nuts to remove rust.
MAKES COMPLETE SENSE THOUGH!!

atc250r

I've heard of suspending the fuel tank from bungee cords between two trees, adding a bunch of pea gravel, and shaking it around for a while but Bill's idea takes it to a new level.

John

JHew84

In my mind it depends on how rusty the bed mounts are. If they are nice and rotted the chances of stripping, snapping, cross threading, etc, the body mount bolts increases quite a bit. Sometimes it's just inevitable, regardless of how much liquid wrench you use! A truck as new as an 06 probably wouldn't have that problem, but 2nd gens are getting a bit older so it's something to take into consideration.