Can the gasket on the top of the fuel tank (70 E-type FHC) be replaced without draining the tank?
Submitted by NE40-48370 on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 07:48
Submitted by bonnettoboot@e… on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 23:47
Leaky gasket on top of fuel tank
Yes, fairly easily, it is unusual they break have you tried to tighten it!
Edited on 2012-01-20 8:09:31
It may not be the actual gasket, though there's no harm in replacing. The screws get stripped, the covers can get distorted from overtightening onto a soft cork gasket.
From memory the screw holes may be blind and if someone put too long a screw in then it could have punctured the shield underneath that screw. The screws definitely should have a flat copper washer under each one of them, not a lock washer. If you heat those to cherry red on your stove and tip them into cold water they will be nicely annealed and ready to seal again ,
This all assumes the banjo unions and hose clamps check out OK.
Pete