Leakey fuel tank.. repair or new?

[Brendon]

Hi all...

First off... Love this site.. it has got me excited about getting my van on the road again. Here is the first of many questions I would appreciate some help with.

I have a 1977 CFL van in the nearing the end of a restoration...  After attacking it with the pressure washer the other day I noticed it had put several small holes it the bottom of the fuel tank from pin hole size to a bit bigger. The van has been sitting for a long time now and probably has had a bit of water condense in the fuel and rusted out from the inside.

If it worth trying to repair the tank or is it easy to track down a new one? Are there any other sorts of tanks that would fit?


Cheers for any help.

Brendon

[BlackBedford]

G'day

If you go chasing another tank watchout as there is several different models.
Pollution tanks are different to the earlier ones.
CFS tanks have a different filler pipe.
So finding another tank the same as yours could be an issue.

[obsession]

hi Brendon welcome to buga.. I think if you pm "clappers" on this site he is making drop tanks for beddies.

[John Abbott]

Hey welcome Brendon.....Good to see another beddie saved.. if you have any pics of it ,put some up on the website for us all to see! cheers...johnno

[eddy]

same, same, welcome aboard bro, the van nats are on over easter in Geelong, good opportunity to take a photo of the fuel tank and meet some old beddites, there will be a few turn up on the Sunday so someone will be able to give advice on all things bedford 

[DocDamage]

G'day

When I worked for a hire company in Sydney we were unable to get a replacement tank for a diesel compressor so we had the inside of the tank membrane coated.

Russell

[Brendon]

Thanks for the welcome guys... Getting some photos up soon.


Russell: Any idea on costs for the Membrane coating and where one would do this?


A friend is coming over this week who will see if he can weld it up but i fear it may be too far gone.

cheers again.

[obsession]

lol don't forget to fill it with water........

[ben]

im sure i got one kicken around somewhere.. but like chris ryan said there are a few.. and i dont know petrol tanks cause i hate petrol!! its way too expensive!

ben

[DocDamage]

No idea on the cost but it was obviously cheaper than having a replacement custom made, and it was just a basic square tank that would have been cheap to make.

I just searched the net "industrial coatings fuel tank" and found several companies as well as a D.I.Y kit from Permanent Painted Coatings.

Russell