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@#$^% gas tank...

So the weather finally starts to get nice around here, and I decide to take the T-Bird out to stretch its legs a bit. It needed the run to break in the new 3G (I decided to replace my $4 3G after it failed again, I'd rather have reliability than cheap) and tripminder anyway :D 
 
So after driving it around a bit I stop at the gas station and get raped for $61.00 (95.9 cents/liter for 87 octane). Then to Wal-Mart  for an oil change (hey, it's cheaper than buying the stuff myself, plus I don't have to get under the car). Once on the hoist the Wal-Mart guy calls me out to look at the car. The whole top of the gas tank is rotted out!:mad: :mad: :mad:
 
So now I've got $61.00 worth of gas in a rotten gas tank. :toilet: The plus side is that the new tank is only $130 CDN (Employee discounts are the cat's ass). The minus side is that I now have to put a gas tank in the car. Another minus: Only two days ago I spent $130 on a new alternator.
 
I suppose I shouldn't be too mad - after all, it lasted 17 years, but still, I'd rather not have had to do this... I guess it'll be a good time to start construction of my sub box, though - with the tank out I can drill holes with impunity :hick:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Re: @#$^% gas tank...

Reply #1 –
Wal-Mart oil changes are great when you don't wanna mess with chit.. like when a hurricane is about to hit your area. But when things are quieter around here, I'd prefer to do it myself. Gotta figure out if I wanna stay with this 5w30 next time around.

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Reply #2 –
That's what happened to my '88 XR7.
I guess the metal was so rusty that the pump fell out of its mount (?) and ceased to function. This was while I was driving home from work, mind you.
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Reply #3 –
AT least you got nice weather :)

It could be worse, you could have been stranded somewhere, but having to do a repair always sucks.  I always find comfort in the fact that I don;t have to make monthly payments: owning an old car (or two).

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Reply #4 –
Quote from: cougarcragar
That's what happened to my '88 XR7.
I guess the metal was so rusty that the pump fell out of its mount (?) and ceased to function. This was while I was driving home from work, mind you.

I got that beat :flip:
 
On my '87 Cherokee that I just sold AND on the Dakota I currently own the gas tank itself fell out. In the Dakota it was at a low speed and only one strap broke, so it  stayed connected to the lines (albeit at a very odd angle). In the Cherokee it was at about 40MPH, and it completely dropped off the truck! After just putting $50 worth of gas into it!
 
Luckily that happened during a snowstorm, so there were no sparks. Matter of fact, I put the tank back into the truck (used Skidoo hold-down straps to hold it in), reconnected the lines and continued on my way. It ended up the whole frame had rotted where the straps attached, so I had to make a section of frame for it.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

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Reply #5 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
It ended up the whole frame had rotted where the straps attached, so I had to make a section of frame for it.


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