37 gas tank dismantle

bob miller

bob miller

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I have gas feed problem with my 37 tudor sedan . i must dismantle the tank but the car was restaurate 20 years ago ( not by me ) i want to know if i can leave it with the body in place , i dont find the process to do it or technical document .
 
Yes,you do not have to remove the body .It drops out from under the car .I did it on a 35 sedan and 36 coupe easily.
 
You will have to unscrew the sleave on the filler neck first. take the shock link loose, jack the car up high and put stands under the frame, not rear end so that the rear end will drop down some. On some cars the tank will come right out by shifting it to one side on others you may have to force/spring the frame apart with a jack or porter power so that the lip of the tank will pass the frame and drop down.
 
You should have no problem getting that tank out from the bottom on your 1937 Ford. I have done it more than once.
 
i follow your informations and the tank is off . very rusty in the interior and had some lead welded modifications ( drain and gas aspiration ) do you have pics of the top of an original one ?
 

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Just to make you aware should you decide (for some reason) to replace this tank, Bob Drake reproduction tanks for these years CAN NOT be installed the way the original was removed. The tanks are stamped too fat on the sides and WILL NOT slide far enough to one side to get the opposite flange up on top of the frame rail.

Been there and done that with a '37 Roadster that I worked on some years ago. The original tank was in pretty rough shape but we had no choice but to fix it because there was no way in hell I was going to lift the body.

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The gas pick up and gauge sending unit are very much different from US made cars. The sending unit if that is what we are seeing does not appear to have a wire terminal on it. If you have to replace the entire tank, better make sure the replacement has a gas pick up tube and sending unit with it.
 
the car runs very well . the distributor rebuilt and tested , gas link and electric pump new . ready for the spring .
 
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