I will hold off on full accolades until we hear the fill up results.
Congratulations anyway for taking this one on.

BT

On Monday, September 19, 2022, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Gas tank project update,
>
> Old gas tank is out and new one is in.  All is connected but the rain has
> kept me from gassing up and trying out the new tank.
>
> The old tank had two old grommets in it.  They don’t float.  They slide
> around the bottom.  I can’t help but wonder if they partly blocked the
> outlet often pump sounded ok when first started then after a little while
> started to struggle.  I’m imagining the rubber disk being pulled over the
> outlet screen to partly block.  When I blew in the tank it moved them
> away.  Then they would return.
>
> I’ll know more once I can start the van.
>
> Darn that rain anyway.
>
> It was a challenging job to do alone and blind but now I could do it much
> quicker and easier.
>
>         Dennis was a big help talking me through the first steps of
> getting out the gas inlet to the tank and later he talked me through
> installing the fuel sender.  A little guidance for doing it the first time
> made all the difference.
>
> New tank was a tight but perfect fit.
> Fingers crossed I add gas, pressurize and don’t have any leaks and then
> have a running van and hopefully a quiet fuel pump.
>
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
>
>
> > On Sep 18, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > What damage or problems might be caused by leaving a fuel hose grommet
> or two inside the gas tank? Say it accidentally goes in and you leave it in
> there?
> >
> > Eric Caron
> > 85 GL Auto
>