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Tank spider leaks
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:19 am
by alfredhamstra
Hi all, my fueltank from my 67-spider leaks.
Is there a replacement for sale?
Superperformance has them, but price is high in my opinion...
Any ideas anybody?
greetings
Alfred, Netherlands
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:10 pm
by Peter B
Hello,
where is the leak ?
I got it in the area from the overflow pipe into the tank, easy to fix with metal glue
greetings
Peter
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:44 pm
by alfredhamstra
unfortunatly in the welding seam, where the two parts get together...
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:22 pm
by Peter B
there are enough companies around who can fix this....instead of new
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:54 am
by Argonaut
There is one guy in Napoli who is able to create new tanks for the Dinos... but they come to the same price as from superformance.
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 11:32 am
by alfredhamstra
I will take it out this weekend and see how bad it is. Ill check inside with a insidecamera.
If fixable, ill clean it from inside (lemonacid or something), take paint out from outside and weld the seem close.
Hope it works
thanks for all input
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 6:47 pm
by dinoverde
ou probably can get it welded by a radiator shop and then have it resealed..
https://www.gastankrenu.com
Re: Tank spider leaks
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:22 am
by alfredhamstra
Thanks for all the input.
It was no leak after all!
The previous owner has put a return fuelline from carbs to tank.
He did not secure it in a good way: he put a hole in the tanksender and made a bad connection with....some rubber...
So when i filled the tank compl;etely, it overflooded from there
I took the returnline away anyway (not original for early spiders) and closed the hole with epoxy.
Thanks
alfred