Anyone have any pictures of this or discription of how to pull it 99 m6 hardtop ss with manual trans. Just purchased and previous owner had mounted an amp in trunk.... Well he was a moron he drilled directly into the fuel tank leaks with any fuel amount over 1/4

 

if its plastic you could use plastice welder to fix. download the factory manual, its in the manual section under service files, here it is https://www.mediafire.com/?40mfgeoe4ctti click 99svc

 

I assume we are talking a small hole. I think a dab of fuel tank epoxy would work. Since you know where the hole is you could cut a small hole in the floor. Epoxy the tank then epoxy a small patch over the hole. 30 minute repair.

 

6 screw holes between body and tank in front trunk area

 

woh, crab shoot,,, emtied the sixshooter. is it plastic or metal? plastic would be fixable with the right stuff. i think i would go with a new tank.

 

A neighbor told me that back in the day they would heat up a copper penny (one of the older ones...pre '82) and coat it with solder. Then they would solder around the hole in the tank and melt the two together. Old guy, knows lots of work-a-rounds.


Not sure I'd want to try this with gas/fumes in the tank.

 

JB Weld works fine on steel tanks. Or really any metal epoxy. There are fuel specific one's as well, you can use.

If you do any kind of welding, first make sure there isn't any vapor leaks and second make sure the tank is full. Filling it reduces the space in the tank and reduces the chance of any vapors. People don't understand gas is flammable not explosive. Gas vapor on the other hand goes boom.

Removing the tank requires removing the whole axle, which isn't really hard, just time consuming.