E124 Unboxing a Tri-Five Gas Tank from Tanks Inc! 1956 Chevy Bel Air Resto
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- In Episode 124, we unbox a brand new gas tank for our Tri-Five Chevy from Tanks, Inc! This is a powder coated tank, complete with new filler neck, sending unit, gaskets and o-ring seals!
Bill Thomassie
"Christine" 1956 Chevy Bel Air
2-door Sedan Restoration
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Very true observation Bill. If it wasn't for offshore parts we wouldn't have a lot of parts for our cars. Beautiful parts you got there. 😊
I've had to adopt that attitude to be at peace with the not-made-in-the-USA argument.
Sweet looking tank assembly. Your Cutlass looks nice too. Thanks Bill!
I really like this tank a lot and am glad that I found it!
I love highly technical names for parts like "sending unit" 😁
Right! Technically, the "gas gauge" is on the dashboard.
So true on the overseas parts. So many overthink it. Great video Bill!
Thanks! It took some time for me to come to adopt that attitude about foreign parts, but when you get down to it, that's the net effect.
All looks good. I have had a Danchuck sending unit since 2017. It has worked correctly and not leaked. With that being said, I don't expect it to last too long. I have an NOS sending unit in a box to replace it with. I had a 1956 4 door sedan in 96 that I called Christine. It was a 265 powerglide car with a mostly working dealer installed AC. The parts to that are worth more than I got when I sold the car. Heard not too long ago that it was still on the road somewhere along the Texas Mexico Border, so go for Christine!
Wow! That's a neat story! I had a 68 Chevelle with a 2-speed Powerglide and I was surprised at how strong it was from a dead standstill and then how it also rolled down the interstate at highway speeds. My truck right now is an 8-speed. It would make you think that 2 is impossible!
Hi Bill the cork gaskets with copper screws work best.
I didn't see anything in copper, but I'm glad that these have a hex head so that I can easily tighten them if that gasket starts to relax.
Hope the filler neck seals for you! I ordered mine from Tanks as well . the filler neck never would seal. The rubber O ring wouldnt go in there. So i had to take my original filler neck , wire brush it on the inside , coated it inside with the red sealer and it worked perfectly.
I was able to get it in, but not without a fight. At first I did it with the tank off the car and realized that the tank wouldn't go in with the neck installed. I used WD-40 both times and it slipped in with a LOT of effort. My worry is that the welded seam at the top of the sleeve might not seal right, but we'll see.
ive used tanks inc. tanks on a few cars I've put together , always been a decent tank . for the price you can't beat them , I don't like the straps they send , and you'll need to buy the extra strips for the straps if you want. I used old seat belt , worked great glad to see your car is coming together
Well, it's in! I didn't use any insulation material, but I might loosen the straps and slip in a strip of rubber. I have some pond liner laying around that would work really well.
@@RestoringChristine1956 nice glad you got it sorted , only reason I used seat belts , besides being dark gray , was the material would allow it to breath , hopefully to prevent moisture from being trapped between the tank and straps. just my .02 can't wait to see you driving that car
Couple points to be aware of, use the cork gasket and not the rubber ones.
The cork gaskets are more resiliant and stay flexible longer than the hard rubber gaskets.
Use fasteners that are either nut shaped or use a key to install, as were the originals (G clutch), and not the after market ones included with the tank, that use a phillips fasteners so you can tighten them down and avoid leaks in the future (which happened to me and had to drain and reinstall with non-hardening (permatex 2) gaskey compound that is fuel resistant.
The screws that I ended up using have the o-rings on the bottom and are hex head, so retightening them should be doable.