NSRz32 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Well like the title says, my fuel tank decided to start leaking from the front seam today on my 521. Its the original so I'm not really shocked. Anyone know of a place to score a clean used one or possibly a new one that isn't going to cost an arm and a leg? If not I was always thinking I could run a fuel cell in the bed. Any ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I used the fast dry JB weld on my 521 tank to fill a dime sized gash & it worked great. 1 Quote Link to comment
tyson Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 you could yank all of the stock shit out like I did on my old 71 521 and run a spun aluminum tank in the bed? 1 Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I used the fast dry JB weld on my 521 tank to fill a dime sized gash & it worked great. Nah, its rusted pretty bad, I don't think I want to rig it. 1 Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 you could yank all of the stock shit out like I did on my old 71 521 and run a spun aluminum tank in the bed? I was actually just talking with my buddy about something like that. Any idea where I could pick one up? 1 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 hey me too mine sprung a leak.......only when i fill it along with my crappy gas guage its alot to deal with kle t me know if you find a source for tanks. im gonna try another one out of another truck but its pretty rusty too.........hopefully it leaks less then my truck in this rain.........was a soggy drive this morning especially with out a heater that works.....can you saw indoor fog.. 1 Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I'm really leaning towards the spun aluminum tank. I've found a source for them that does tanks for dune buggies. About 160 bucks for a 10 gallon with all the hardware to mount it and fittings and such. That will fit the look I'm going for best I think. I'll keep you guys posted. 1 Quote Link to comment
72 327 Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 10 gal spun aluminum in the back of my 620. Only thing I can think is a problem is not fuel sending unit on this one. 1 Quote Link to comment
tyson Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 that is exactly what I did with mine, I ended up making a fuel stick so I could just dip it in the tank to see how much gas I had, it worked for me, who needs guages anyway??? 1 Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I took mine to a radiator shop and they fixed it for like $60. Then I sealed the inside and painted the outside with masterseries silver and undercoating rattlecan. 1 Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 You can see the spot up to the left of the skull. Also had them seal of the rusted off evaporation canister spout thingy. 1 Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Finished putting in the aluminum tank yesterday As you can see, there was no saving the rusted stock tank And here's the spun aluminum Empi tank installed Thanks for you help guys :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Yeah i see how bad the stock tank was/is. The new one looks great. You hook up the sender or do you have a dipstick? :D Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Yeah i see how bad the stock tank was/is. The new one looks great. You hook up the sender or do you have a dipstick? :D Thanks! As for the sender, I'll ghetto it and just look in the tank or use a ruler or something haha Quote Link to comment
tyson Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 That looks sweet, did you run new line while you were doing the swap? If you did a sender, please take some pics of it and share them, I would like to see how you did it. Nice looking install, I like the tilted neck. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 wont you be able to only use like 9 gallons of the 10 with the tank tilted like that......heres another guage idea two threaded 90's in the side of the end of the tank with some clear fuel resistent line between them running perpendicular the the bed floor. the hose would show you how much gas you had...at all times. i did this on a poly tank i used for solvent. worked well.:mad: Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice looking install, I like the tilted neck. Yeah it looked 100 times better to me with the neck offset at an angle. Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 wont you be able to only use like 9 gallons of the 10 with the tank tilted like that......heres another guage idea two threaded 90's in the side of the end of the tank with some clear fuel resistent line between them running perpendicular the the bed floor. the hose would show you how much gas you had...at all times. i did this on a poly tank i used for solvent. worked well.:mad: It will definitely cost me a gallon or two in what I can fit in it but I had never run more than half tank in the stock fuel tank anyway so its no big deal. I don't/won't use the truck as a daily driver or for big road trips anyway. Its just an around town toy :) Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 mine too.... If i could find a cool way to do the sender i would mount mine in the front of my bed with only half of it protruding through the bed....spun aluminum Quote Link to comment
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