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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 620 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 620 | Age must be getting to me. 1954 - 3100. I have out these huge rubber grommets on several times in the past. I guess I keep secrets pretty good. I can't remember the easier way to put them on, tried olive oil, 30 weight, grease and a slab of bacon. My hands are very strong and the grommet is new, maybe I should try J&Y jelly. What is the method or secrete? Doc.
Currently making 1954 3100 better than new and Genetics
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | Is the tank in place? That would make it all but impossible, so I am guessing that is not the case.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,115 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,115 | I managed to work it in. Used a large drift punch to push it in - a screwdriver would be too sharp and would slice through it. Had to go around and around pushing a bit at a time until it was done. Took a while!
Gord 🇨🇦
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1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,168 A teacher, but always an apprentice. | | A teacher, but always an apprentice. Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,168 | Mine were a bugger to get on with the tank in cab. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,300 Moderator for Tons o' Fun , Co-Moderator Driveline Forum | | Moderator for Tons o' Fun , Co-Moderator Driveline Forum Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,300 | I used Vaseline on it. Second time I had to do this because the first one I installed "cracked" after 2 years so the replacement was from Steele Rubber Products. The gas tank was installed but the filler neck was not.
Ron - - Dusty53 1954 Chevy 3604In the Gallery Forum "You can't dance with the Devil and then wonder why you're still in Hell."
"They will forget what you've said, and they will forget what you have done but they will never forget the way you made them feel." | | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 354 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 354 | Have you tried soap? I remember putting a driveshaft carrier bearing in. Instructions said to use soap as a lube. First tried dish soap(detergent), didn't work at all. Engine oil didn't work. Worked up a thick lather from a bar of bath soap and it went in easily.
Harold Wilson
41 Chevy 3/4 Ton
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