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Help, cut a hole in my gas tank. What is a good patch?

Started by BMOTOXSTAR, September 13, 2007, 08:35:55 PM

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bull

Quote from: NYCMille on September 20, 2007, 09:05:49 AM
Dude, bite the bullet and buy a new gas tank... this thing holds your fuel... which is flammable and flames can hurt your Charger especially if it gets engulfed in them.

Buy a new tank. :Twocents:

The epoxy will hold it long enough to save a few bucks up for a new tank. I too would eventually get a new tank but it doesn't have to be done right away. Just put $35/mo. aside for the next five months and come February or March you can buy a new tank and get it installed just in time for the summer shows. :2thumbs:

41husk

Before I put a new tank in the Challenger, I had a leak and was calling junk yards trying to find a Challenger tank (this was the late 90s) The guy at the scrap yard said they had no challengers in the yard, and asked what was wrong with my tank?  I told him it was leaking.  He said brieng it in and let him look at it.  After looking at it he said" I can weld it up for $20 but you can't tell anyone and no reciept.  I was a little leary but he did a good job.  It held gas until I replaced it during restoration.  I even sold the old tank at Monster Mopar about 5 years ago.  So there are people out there that will do it, but at least this guy diddn't want his boss knowing he was!
1969 Dodge Charger 500 440/727
1970 Challenger convertible 340/727
1970 Plymouth Duster FM3
1974 Dodge Dart /6/904
1983 Plymouth Scamp GT 2.2 Auto
1950 Dodge Pilot house pick up

Nacho-RT74

radiators guys are able to fix it... they did on mine 8 years ago, and will do when I remove the gas tank again soon for the new leak fix. As I stated epoxy works good as a temporally fix.
Venezuelan RT 74 400 4bbl, 727, 8.75 3.23 open. Now stroked with 440 crank and 3.55 SG. Here is the History and how is actually: http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,7603.0/all.html
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,25060.0.html

788man

I just went through this with my cj5. It was rusted inside and started getting pinholes in the lowest corner of the tank. I did some research and found to clean it up with a muriatic acid then they make sealant kits that you slosh around inside to coat the tank. You'll be into a $125 tank for $70.

But the bottom line is just get it welded for $20 or spend the $125 for a brand new one.