<VV> gas tank leak (a tip - but also humor)

[J R Read_HML]

I probably should not admit in public - but while doing a floor patch job on 
a (semi-beater) LM, I managed to drill a hole in the tank.  Yes... it was 
full at the time and the gas came spurting into the passenger compartment. 
What to do!  First, I stuck a sheet metal screw through the floor and into 
the tank.  Well, can't leave it like that.  Quickly, I stuck about three 
sticks of gum (Big Red as I recall) in my mouth and chewed as fast as 
possible.  Got it good and pliable and applied it to the hole (removing the 
screw).  It HELD!  It was late and the stores were closed.

The next day, I went to the hardware store for one of those epoxy sticks - 
the kind with two colors which you kneed together.  Before I applied that, I 
drove the car around a while to get the gas level down a bit.  Applied the 
epoxy and it stayed fixed (at least for me).  I sold it about 3 years later 
and the epoxy was still holding tight.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Barry Ellison" <bars84crx at hotmail.com>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:28 PM
Subject: <VV> Disappointing gas tank leak, brakes, looks


>
> After getting it running (for the 4th time) a few weeks back, I took it to 
> work, filled it up, went inside to pay.  Came out, there's 3' diameter wet 
> spot centered under the front of the car.  I knew I didn't spill any.  It 
> was pretty obvious it was coming out of the top of the tank.

>
> Barry in SC