 Fuel Tank Fitting Removal, Please! any suggestions |
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| xperu |
 Apr 4 2008, 08:17 AM
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TEXAS  Group: Members Posts: 597 Joined: 13-June 06 From: League City Texas Member No.: 6,213 Region Association: None 
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I removed my fuel tank for cleaning; I removed the 2 fittings at the bottom of the tank to replace the fuel screen and general cleaning. The original fuel screen was almost completely gone. I can not seprate the nuts from the copper tubes for cleaning and removal of the remaining screen end. I have soaked them in de-greaser with no luck. Please any suggestions or if you have extra copper tubes I would like to buy them. I bought extra nuts, washers, and screen from AA, but they don't stock the copper tubes. Thanks Mike
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| jesiv |
Apr 4 2008, 08:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 552 Joined: 5-August 07 From: Pensacola/Milton, Florida Member No.: 7,975 Region Association: Northern California |
Contact Rich at HPH he can help you out.
HPHPORSCHE@aol.com Regards, James |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Apr 4 2008, 08:55 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
They're not copper, they're steel. Degreaser isn't penetrating oil, which you should be using. Generally speaking, after a good soaking (probably overnight) of penetrant, a couple of sharp taps with a hammer and 2 x 4, they should pop apart. The Cap'n
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| jasons |
Apr 4 2008, 09:03 AM
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Jackstand Extraordinaire Group: Members Posts: 2,011 Joined: 19-August 04 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 2,573 Region Association: None |
One other word of advice... The gaskets aren't available for those fittings, so you will probably have to make your own from gasket material.
Oh and I think I used heat to free mine up. |
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