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| | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Just got my new gas tank sending unit for my 54 from the TruckShop..Been trying to get the old screws out..I have clutch head drivers, and vise grips..I believe the PO (Fool) put some kind of sealer on the threads..the farther I get them to come out, the tighter they get..Taking a break, after shooting them with PB..I guess a torch and grinder would be out of the question..Just kidding..Wish me luck, looks like an all day project..Steve | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Alright, I think I have a solution..Got out my Dremmel and am gonna cut a slot in the screws (not loose enough for fumes yet) and get a big flat blade and go for it..Still gonna need some luck though..Steve | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | dont understand why they are so tight, they are not very long either,,, have you ever tried to un-screw something and be going the wrong direction..
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Leftly loosey, righty tightly..Come on Fred..By the way, what kind of wood did you use for your side rails..Got a line on some Walnut,Thanks,Steve | | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 445 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 445 | IN abd OUT A little at a time.Just like the ?????
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,187 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,187 | The part of the screw that projects into the tank is probably rusty.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 299 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 299 | I filled my tank full of water and heated the screws red hot with my torch. Worked for me, but it still took a while, After wards I found the sending unit was garbage any ways. Then I found a few rust holes in my tank. Total wipe out!!!! But I got the broken sending unit out and welded up the holes. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | be a lot faster if you would buy a new tank for that new sender....  just kidding,, have you got the old sender out yet.FRed
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Nope, just shooting some PB on the screws, and giving it time to work..While that's happening, I'm stripping about 4 coats of paint and some black sticking stuff from my running boards to get them back to bare metal and prime..One thing I've learned when getting older is patience..Used to never have any, now I've got a little..Take care Fred, Steve | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Boy, that was a 3 min response,, but then that is about how long it takes me
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Well, I'm inside waiting for the stripper to work..Glad I'm not paying her by the hour. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 | Be sure and take some Pics... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | boy, you 2 or on top of it.......Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | One running board done..Paid for a new outfit and told her that I had one more to get done..Tomorrow is a new day, gotta work on my sending unit, Steve | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Glad you got it working, now you wont run out of gas on the way to Riverside Mo.............if you stay after anything long enough you can un-screw it...Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Thanks bro..didn't even throw much, and my neighbors said they didn't hear a thing..This getting old ain't all bad..Got my stripper working again today..These running boards are gonna get pretty expensive by the time I'm done..Oh well, It's a beautiful day..Dream on,Steve | | |
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