Gas tank rust

[wabigoon]

Hi: When I got the car and checked it over the carb was full of rust, water and dirt as was the lines,filter and tank. Cleaned carb new filter new sending unit flushed out lines and drained tank. Car runs great but there is still fine rust in filter. Question? Buy driving and running the car will the rust ever leave if I keep changing the filter or will I have to remove the tank and clean or replace.

[rzcrisis]

When I was replacing the sending unit On my '64 I found the old sending unit was extremely rusty and missing the float (somewhere in bottom of tank). I felt inside the tank at the sending unit opening and could rub off rust. This was due to car sitting for 20 odd years I suspect. I could have gone with a plastic liner in existing but my tank had a punch in one corner and a curled seam at one spot so i went with a new tank and straps. I would definitely investigate either option as the rust will always be there and you will continue to have problems with rust in the filter (and worse.....your carb!).

Hope this helps.

[wabigoon]

Sounds the same as my car, sat for 20+ years sending unit distroyed.

[wabigoon]

After a couple of filters and more rust I decided to replace gas tank. This is a very easy job to do. In the manual it talks about lifting the FRONT of the car,disconnecting rear shocks and favbricateing removal tools. Do not do this, just jack the back of the car up, remove gas line and sending unit wire and remove fillerpipe. Remove retaining straps and lower tank. The job took less than 30 min. After looking in the old tank and seeing the amount of rust I should have done this first. This bird will be burning cleen gas for the first time in a long time.