Question about my panel gas tank - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**68 Stepside** · 09-01-2003, 09:34 PM

Hey all,

I'm getting prepared to clean my panel tank up, so I can install it in my truck. I was wondering if it's going to be a pain to remove the nuts that hold the filler neck to the tank? I would assume the studs that the nuts are threaded onto are welded to the tank?? I'm going to soak the nuts down with PB Blaster for a day or two before I even try to remove them.

Thanks for anything.

*racedvl* · 09-01-2003, 10:24 PM

Scrap it. . . .

Longhorn Man · 09-01-2003, 10:27 PM

Use a torch...that'll help get it taken apart!

**68 Stepside** · 09-01-2003, 10:27 PM

uh...no

Longhorn Man · 09-01-2003, 10:42 PM

LOL!
Actually a guy in our rad shop did this recently.
We take fuel tanks from other shops so they can be properly disposed of. We rinse them out for a 1/2 hr or so with the steam cleaner and then use the torch and cut them in 1/2. Well, we picked one up, and some one placed it in the wrong area of the radiator shop, and it was assumed that it had been rinsed and drained. Doung light the torch, started to heat that sucker up, and BOOM!
He ended up getting stiches on his inner thighs, and a couple in his scrotum. That was about it. He got lucky. DAMN lucky.
Now a tank will not get cut onless it has a large bright orange spray painted circle on the top of it.

09-01-2003, 09:34 PM	#1
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Question about my panel gas tank Hey all, I'm getting prepared to clean my panel tank up, so I can install it in my truck. I was wondering if it's going to be a pain to remove the nuts that hold the filler neck to the tank? I would assume the studs that the nuts are threaded onto are welded to the tank?? I'm going to soak the nuts down with PB Blaster for a day or two before I even try to remove them. Thanks for anything. __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

09-01-2003, 10:27 PM	#4
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	uh...no __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

09-01-2003, 10:24 PM	#2
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Scrap it. . . .

09-01-2003, 10:27 PM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Use a torch...that'll help get it taken apart!

09-01-2003, 10:42 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	LOL! Actually a guy in our rad shop did this recently. We take fuel tanks from other shops so they can be properly disposed of. We rinse them out for a 1/2 hr or so with the steam cleaner and then use the torch and cut them in 1/2. Well, we picked one up, and some one placed it in the wrong area of the radiator shop, and it was assumed that it had been rinsed and drained. Doung light the torch, started to heat that sucker up, and BOOM! He ended up getting stiches on his inner thighs, and a couple in his scrotum. That was about it. He got lucky. DAMN lucky. Now a tank will not get cut onless it has a large bright orange spray painted circle on the top of it.



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