Gas in trunk!

This is going to take some detective work.

amxdreamer wrote: If it was mine I would siphon the tank and fix it prior to driving period. Don't mess around when there is a fuel issue Cam.

The Machine that started my love for Machines met this fate in 1970.  The owners had taken the car to the local dealership a number of times with a fuel odor complaint.  After the last time at the dealership on the way home, the rear of the car burst into flames.  The occupants barely made it out without injury and the car completely burned on the shoulder of the interstate.  I can remember going to the wrecking yard and seeing the charred hulk.  Makes a real impression on you when you are 18.

Just a comment on siphoning.  With all the baffling and twists and turns that some tanks have I've gotten myself in trouble trying to siphon through the filler neck.  I try to disconnect the fuel line at the tank and empty the tank through the fuel line. 

Way back last century, I had to stop using one gas station for two reasons: they were constantly breaking my license pate light and I always had the smell of gas in the car after a fill up. Fortunately for me, the car, a 1970 Mark Donahue Javelin, was only a few years old and the lights were readily available from Haslett Rambler, the dealer I bought the car from. As far as the gas smell went, I found that if they stopped filling after the first time the nozzle clicked off, I didn't get the smell in the trunk. Never bothered to look any farther since the cause was eliminated.

Later!

Mr. Ed

Cam,

It could always be worse. Back in the early 70's while I was living in Phoenix there was no such thing as "self serve". A buddy of mine who had a fastback Mustang went to get gas. He told the pump jocky to fill it up. After a while the kid running the pump came back to the drivers window and asked my buddy how big the gas tank was. My buddy was taken by surprised and asked the kid why he wanted to know. The kid replied that he had already pumped 30 gallons and it was still going.

Long story short, the Mustang filler neck went in the taillight panel then through the fastback area with a rubber grommet in the floor to the tank. The rubber had rotted out and the back of the car was filled with gas. The fire department had to come and clean it out and to top it off he got a bill from the city for it. He never could get rid of the gas smell and sold the car shortly after that as he could not keep the windows rolled up for very long.