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Francoc
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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 10:42 am Post subject: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| 79 bus. Firewall is out. Straps are out. Two vapor connections on top are out. Two fuel connections at the bottom are out. Big filler hose is out. I can lift the tank about an inch, but it won’t go all the way up, and that is not nearly enough for the two tubes at the bottom to clear and be able to slide it out. What’s the trick? Help! |
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Randy in Maine
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 10:51 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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Unhook the sending unit connections then push up from the bottom outlets tilting the tank higher in the front and bring it straight back.
Sometimes you have to wiggle it around some.... |
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 11:34 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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you are there. Just have to make sure nothing is holding it in place. There is a foam pad on the bottom that will fall off but it may be hanging up.
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Wasted youth
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 11:51 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| Right. It doesn't just pull right out freely. You do have to work at it a bit. IIRC, the top anchoring straps have to be bent up and out a little. But it's been a few years since I have done this... |
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Bagger04
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 11:49 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| On my 79 with automatic I had to loosen rear mounts and let engine drop a little with a jack, came right out. |
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crukab
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:00 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| Bagger04 wrote: |
| On my 79 with automatic I had to loosen rear mounts and let engine drop a little with a jack, came right out. |
You can get the tank out with the engine in on later Bays ??
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Randy in Maine
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:09 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| On my 79 with automatic I had to loosen rear mounts and let engine drop a little with a jack, came right out. |
You can get the tank out with the engine in on later Bays ?? |
IMO it is easier and faster to just remove the engine, but it can be done by removing everything on top of the engine and lowering the engine and transmission as a unit a couple of inches. |
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Tcash
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finkelstein
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 5:39 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| Randy in Maine wrote: |
| crukab wrote: |
| Bagger04 wrote: |
| On my 79 with automatic I had to loosen rear mounts and let engine drop a little with a jack, came right out. |
You can get the tank out with the engine in on later Bays ?? |
IMO it is easier and faster to just remove the engine, but it can be done by removing everything on top of the engine and lowering the engine and transmission as a unit a couple of inches. |
Its not too bad. Takes longer to jimmy the fuel filler neck on than anything else. |
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Tcash
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:19 am Post subject: Re: How do you ACTUALLY get the fuel tank out? |
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| Lets us know how it was going back in. |
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