| Lessons learned [message #356556] |
Wed, 08 July 2020 19:04 |
Larry
Messages: 2875
Registered: January 2004
Location: Menomonie, WI
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I’ve had a minor fuel leak that started last winter while in Florida. Just enough to wet the front tank, front left corner. Noticed mostly after a fill and until the tank was less than 3/4 full. I got under there and spent several times with a flashlight trying to see where it was coming from, but unable to identify a specific spot. Finally concluded because of the location of the “wetness” that it must be coming from somewhere on the top of the tank. So yesterday I decided to take the tank down. So, using the in tank pumps and breaking into one of the line connections behind the left front wheel, I pumped about 30 gallons of fuel into gas cans I had and borrowed from friends. All steel lines from the tank to the engine had to be disconnected at junction joints, electrical connections pulled apart and moved the macerator hose. One more thing to do before I loosened the bolts to drop the tank with my floor jack. Had to loosen the rubber filler hose that goes from the filler pipe to the tank. So I reached up in there to put a 5/16 socket on the hose clamp and the clamp spins on the filler hose……SH$T!!! After all of that draining fuel, and lowering prep, I tightened up the hose clamp and put it all back together. LEAK FIXED!!
Lesson learned??? Double check everything.
Larry 
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
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