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Sat, 07 June 2014 11:57  |
Joe Weir
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"...If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair and agony on me..."
The Wicked Mistress strikes again. Found out the aux tank would not go horizontal because I had slid the rear flange between the chassis and the body. In trying to get it free one of the rear tank hanger bolts snapped. Turns out, this was not the first time: 
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Anyone source these locally before? I'm about to hit the hardware store to see what would be close. Can one be made with enough heat and a vice?
I'd give bonus points for knowing the lyrics above, which would stump my twenty-something co-workers, but its probably too easy for you guys...
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251693 is a reply to message #251687] |
Sat, 07 June 2014 12:23  |
roy1
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That looks like a home made version I don't think the original had threads on the hook side. Just find a bolt the same length or longer the same diameter cut the head off . Heat the metal with a torch where the bend needs too be till it is red and bend it in the vise with a hammer. If you find a j bolt the right size it would also work.
Roy Keen
Minden,NV
76 X Glenbrook
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| Re: Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251694 is a reply to message #251693] |
Sat, 07 June 2014 13:22 |
Harry
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I think bolts like that are available at a good hardware store. I'm not sure about heating a piece of threaded rod as that may not be hard enough. Unless you harden it after heating.
Using a good grade bolt with the head cut off would do it.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251696 is a reply to message #251690] |
Sat, 07 June 2014 14:28 |
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> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 11:05:07 -0600
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> Joe Weir wrote on Sat, 07 June 2014 11:57
>> "...If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair and agony on me..."
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>> I'd give bonus points for knowing the lyrics above, which would stump my twenty-something co-workers, but its probably too easy for you guys...
> "Gloom, despair and agony on me.
> Deep dark depression, excessive misery.
> If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all.
> Gloom, despair and agony on me"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251698 is a reply to message #251697] |
Sat, 07 June 2014 14:53 |
Joe Weir
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LOL, I knew I had the right age crowd for that one.
Local Hardware store - 3/8" x 6" concrete anchor bolt. Just needed to put it in a vise and whack it a couple of times to turn the 90 into a "J".
It has about an inch too much thread, but I can fix that later with a saw. Total cost $.50.
Almost the cheapest part I've replaced yet... 
Thanks for all of the replies. Tanks are in, secured and hooked up. Next is the upper power steering bracket that got left off, and bleeding the brakes.
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251704 is a reply to message #251698] |
Sat, 07 June 2014 19:44 |
cbryan
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Joe,
With reference to the use of a 3/8 x 6" concrete anchor bolt bashed in a vise to make hook bolts, you have solved a problem for me. Thanks for following up.
We're done singing now!
Carey
Carey from Ennis, Texas
78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251706 is a reply to message #251704] |
Sat, 07 June 2014 20:19 |
Joe Weir
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Awesome. Glad I could help.
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel tank hanger snapped [message #251745 is a reply to message #251744] |
Sun, 08 June 2014 14:42 |
jimk
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Joe,
Your not the only one that has bd luck with that stud/bolt.
We pre soak them , but being there 35 years, they still snp in us.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jim Wagner wrote:
> JOE,
> Any time something breaks in my driveway I consider it a good thing. A
> dragging gas tank 200 miles from home would suck. Good find on the
> replacement.
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> Jim Wagner
> 76GMC500
> 71Vega355
> 69Vette383
> Brook Park, oh
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> "...If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair and
> agony on me..."
>
> The Wicked Mistress strikes again. Found out the aux tank would not go
> horizontal because I had slid the rear flange between the chassis and the
> body. In trying to get it free one of the rear tank hanger bolts snapped.
> Turns out, this was not the first time:
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