Subject: Re: HELP V8 Quattro

[edkellock at juno.com]

Darin Nederhoff repaired the tank in his CQ
with some stuff called Quick Steel which he 
bought at Wal-mart.  His leak was up near
filler neck, but this would sure be worth a try
before removing the whole rear suspension
to replace the tank.

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:18:58 -0800 (PST) james accordino
<ssgacc at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> --- GEORGE MILLS <gamills at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > a tank, that's it. No moving parts, nothing
> > 'lectrical. If you want to
> > get a used one, just dress it up before install.
> > I'll go with Big
> > Steve (or is that Steve the Big? :) on this one, try
> > to patch it. 5+
> > hours seems good to me to R&R the tank. I think it
> > would take me twice
> > that working from the ground. The tank was put on
> > first, THEN all the
> > other stuff. The tank on my 87 5kq is still good,
> > working on 14 years
> > now. Maybe they used cheap tanks on V8's :)
> 
> Is it something they use on the roads in Mass.?  My
> 200 came from Mass., and some of the parts underneath
> were eaten alive by the metal termites.  My 85 5kt,
> which has about the same mileage, spent its life in
> N.J. mostly and looks new underneath by comparison.
> 
> Jim Accordino
> 
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