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Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:23 am**

To remove fuel tank:

undo screwy things inside the boot...

take the plug off that connects to engine

yank the bitch outtt

actually, hold the yanking thought - do u lift the tank out? and how do you get the filleryuppery tube thingo out of the body?

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:37 am**

Hi J did this a couple of months ago.
Drained the tank.
We cut the fuel sender wire before removing (hope that wasn't a mistake!) , remove the cap then the rubber on the outside from the 'filleryuppery tube thingo'.
Take the fuel line off and screws like you said.
And when you take it out - lift it up and out then towards the front of the car to get it clear.

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:15 am**

thankyou sirr

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:22 pm**

TimR wrote: We cut the fuel sender wire before removing (hope that wasn't a mistake!) ...

Wasn't the smartest way. Undoing the nut on the sender which attaches the wire might have been a little bit more time consuming but will save having to rejoin the wires later! Also just at a guess why Holden out it there in the first place....

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:47 pm**

Whoops forgot to mention we have to rewire the whole car anyway! so don't do that

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:32 pm**

well my fuel tank apparently is always half full, even when konked out on the boulevard because there is nothing in it.

I think I need a new one, whats my best option?

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:23 pm**

Hey J
Leave the tank in, your problem is elsewhere.
Possably the fuel sender or gauge itself.
Cheers
Jeff

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:01 pm**

Check the gauge is earthing properly.

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:14 pm**

i gots two problems.

people in the back seat after I fill up the car tend to get a lil crazy and laugh a lot.

and yeh fuel gauge doesnt work

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:03 pm**

Sender seal or the sender itself is giving your buds the high

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:58 pm**

car came with a spare fuel tank so im putting that in,
the current one i think has some pin holes in the top.

The reason I am replacing the whole tank is because it looks like someone drove over a log. And the spare one doesnt look quite as bad...

Posted: **Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:18 pm**

J wrote:i gots two problems.

people in the back seat after I fill up the car tend to get a lil crazy and laugh a lot.

and yeh fuel gauge doesnt work

1. They shouldn't be smoking or drinnking in the car anyway.
2. Use a 138, they go forever on the smell of an oily rag. (or fill up daily) The guages didn't work when they were new, so keep it standard.

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Is it as simple as it looks?

Is it as simple as it looks?