Ideas on stopping a gas leak,,I've run out

I suggest installing a pipe plug and plugging up the hole.

IF then you still have a leak ... it is the line.
I am going to Daves today ... call me and we will bend a new line

 

Everyone is saying cracked LINE at the flair. You keep jacking around with the FITTING. Get a magnifying glass and look at it.

 

i would do it the correct way , even if you have to do it ten times , or it will bite you in the ass .

 

So you drained the tank, and put on a new fitting and line, and it still leaks? The common denominator is now the tank, right? Did you re-use any other hardware? A close up picture of the offending area would really help.

 

Thats a good idea!

 

+1!

 

This is what I'm thinking, too. Or the fitting in the tank has split or cracked the solder.

 

The new leak may be coming from between the poly and the brass fitting, or you might consider mis-matched fittings as the culprit.

If it were me I'd be looking for a steel tank for that nice wagon.

You might try Jeff Curry at 860-643-0026, or John at Big M auto parts 530-473-2225.
If one of them has a good used tank then get it, and clean and slosh it like the pros do.

I'll be off-line for a week or so, but good luck with it.

 

Since you're obviously at the point of exasperation (I'm sure you know we've all been there...I'm going through it right now trying to get an old gauge to work right), you might try eliminating the hard line coming out of the tank, at least for a bit. That will eliminate the "cracked line" possibility. You could get one of those plumbing pieces that screws into the tank, but accepts the hose on the other end (I'm sure this is obvious to you). You could possibly even incorporate a shut off valve there, while you're at it. I'd suggest using the Gate Barricade hose, which will stand up to the ethanol. In my eyes, that would be the easiest way for you to find out what is leaking. I have this set up coming out of my 85 year old gas tank & have never had any leaks.

 

Day two,round two and the leak is still winning the fight and I still have a minor leak but I have now determined it is not any of my fittings nor the hard lines even though they have all been replaced.

I am sure that the problem is the bung in the tank,there is still a minor leak between the bung and the tank.

Before I drain the damn tank again I am going to get in touch with the people I bought it from and get their recommendation.

Thanks for all the help. HRP

 

Another vote for Seals All.

 

I like the Gates barricade hose route idea.

Loctite makes the stuff for keeping fittings from leaking. It also prevents galling and prevents vibration loosening.


LOCTITE® 580TM is designed for the locking and sealing of metal pipes and fittings. This product has been formulated to impart lubricity, provide immediate low pressure sealing, and to cure to a solid for sealing and securing threaded pipe connections. The product cures when confined in the absence of air between close fitting metal surfaces and prevents loosening and leakage from shock and vibration. This product has been formulated to cure without the use of heat or activators on stainless steel or other inactive surfaces. LOCTITE® 580TM is recommended for sealing thread fittings in fossil fuel, solar and hydro power plant piping systems. Application areas include instrumentation, water/coolant systems, fuel oil piping, low pressure steam lines, pumps and valves, hydraulics, compressors, condensors, gas lines, controls, electrical conduit & rad-waste systems.

 

Im with the jb weld stuff.I love that stuff

 

ru to the point of running an outboard motors gas tank in the passenger seat /// ahem do not

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...48144.411045.159745283143&type=3&l=f24a900b58

 

The JB Weld, Loctite and others won't bond poly to brass.............or bond to poly, period.

 

No. You are wrong. When is the last time you tried it?

We used it on bare metal, brand new! Ethanol will eat it away quickly.

IT DOES NOT WORK.

 

Let's not hijack this guy's post......
I know when gas leaks out of a tank I repaired.......It worked for my projects.

Here is an equiptment related tank I cut the entire top off of it /welded it with Mig and JB'd the seams where pinholes were most surely located.....
taken today in 106 degree heat with full tank of gas in it...
lets keep it to ourselves OK?

 

Ford used their own style fittings in the 40's,....Not sure if they continued those into the 50's or beyond.....

4TTRUK

 

Danny, what materials are involved here?
When you said replacement tank, I figured Steel, but now we have folks talking about Poly. Wish I could just walk over and take a peek.
How are you making out with the vendor?
Oh, and since I am unfamiliar with old fords, from your post, I assume the fitting is on the tank and not the sending unit...right?

 

3M wind shield adhesive will stop gas leaks. It one of the only things that really seals good. Used it on some dirtbike tanks and works great. Dries hard like a skateboard wheel

 

Stevie,The tank is a steel replacement,,I still haven't heard anything from the vendor but I'm not jumping to conclusions,,he might be on vacation or something.

The tank has a bung with a female fitting. HRP

 

Sorry...........I didn't realize there was a steel replacement tank available for the Ranch Wagon, so I assumed it was a Tanks poly tank.