Fuel tank woes!

[Camarogenius]

Trying to weld up the hole in the bottom of my rear tank, and even on the lowest and slowest setting, I keep burning out more steel than I'm laying in!!!!

The steel is as thin as tinfoil, so I've been forced to say Awww, Fork it!
Looks like I have to buy a new rear tank.

So, Off to search for one of the write ups on the bronco tanks.
I read somewhere that the 88 model trucks use a different ohm sending unit. Is this true for the broncos as well?

At this point, I just want to be able to buy the parts, and assemble it.

 

[sassyrel]

how big was the hole to start with, and why didnt you just solder it shut???

 

[Camarogenius]

Was about the size of my thumbnail. Now it's about the size of my thumb.

 

[RedTruck]

someone on this sight used that stick putty that you knead then apply to fix a hole in a tank. He said it worked really well...diesel fuel soaked and all.

Paul

 

[93turbo_animal]

well I would suggest going with a new tank anyhow but when welding a thin metal its best to add a piece of thicker steel and concentrate your heat to it. Also you have to basically just tack the whole thing you can't run a bead. Also speeding up the wire feed will help cool your weld and the thinner wire works bette too. It takes a lot of practice to weld really thin rusted out metal. I welded up some inner fenders on a 67 GMC and it took a lot of time to get it right but I also wasn't worried about it being leak proof

 

[Cat_Rebel]

Another tank is less than $100 I'd go that route.