Wilsons Sandbox

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] cbrenner01@snet.net [b]To:[/b] george.arber@virgin.net [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, February 10, 2001 5:36 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] TC EXU 7548 Petrol Tank Hi George, You could contact Fred Kuntz of the Whitworth Shop. Fred restored our TB tank and replaced the bottom and back. The repro. tanks are terrible as you may know. This shop also makes wood and dash stuff as you also may know. They are c/o Craig Seabroook at : 14444 Watt Road Novelty, Ohio 44072 USA Tele. 216-338-5950 Craig is also a T-ABC member and his email is listed. Cheers and good luck, John and Crystal TB #0398 J.G.Bulcken IV, C.M.Brenner ----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] george.arber@virgin.net [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, February 10, 2001 3:40 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] TC EXU 7548 Petrol Tank The bottom of the TC petrol tank has like many others been shot blasted over the years with road debris and is suffering from 'gravel rash' and is somewhat thin.During it's current restoration it was discovered that a previous 'restorer' (sic !) had covered up the odd pin holes with fibre glass! I have of course removed this foreign body and carefully welded up the visible pin holes. (For those of you getting a panic attack I can assure you that the tank is fume free !) Whilst I have bought some ' tank slosh' which I have not yet used, I am having second thoughts in that I am considering cutting out the tank bottom complete to the inside of the side turned in edges and replacing it with new metal so as to do a ' proper job '. The internal baffles appear to be spot welded along their vertical edges i.e. at the front and rear of the tank. There is no external evidence of any spot welding of the bottom flanges of the internal baffles to the bottom of the tank. Therefore it would appear that after cutting , the bottom of the tank should come away cleanly complete with the female pipe connections and support feet. Am I correct in my supposition ? A spin off will be that I can give the internal surface a good clean prior to welding in a new bottom piece complete with the petrol pipe connections and support feet. After tack welding I will ' lead load ' the periphery of the joint so as to ensure the replacement panel is leak free. Has anybody out there performed this surgery I really wish to keep the original tank.The rest of the tank is sound. George

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] jasper@enternet.com.au [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Sunday, February 11, 2001 2:39 AM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] TC EXU 7548 Petrol Tank George [b][/b] Yes, I have cut out and replaced the bottom of the tank for much the same reasons. The baffles weren't attached to the bottom of the tank. [b][/b] You may find that the lower rear face is too rotten to make a welded joint - I think I had to go 5 or 6 inches up to find sound metal. This means you have to get involved with the recess for the spare wheel frame, which makes it more difficult. [b][/b] I think that there may be two different versions of the tank, assembled in different ways where the back face meets the sides. The one I worked on was easy in that respect, but the one for my current car doesn't seem the same - don't have the other tank so I can't compare. [b][/b] Regards [b][/b] Dave Dwyer J2, TA, TC [b][/b] [b][/b]