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Originally Posted by Phil Brown
You'll most likley have to remove it just to clean it out of ALL of the fuel and fumes before going near it with any flame to solder it.
Just resoldering it and using the mount to hang the stearing column back on will leave you with a good chance of the leak comming back. If I resoldered it I would definitely get the dash rail type column hanger and use that and abandon the tank mount. Maybe space it down from the dash rail with a flat washer or two so that you get a small amount of clearance between the old tank mount and the steering column, 1/8" or so.
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I had drained the tank and left the cap off for 6 months or so and the gas had evaporated.
The old guy at radiator shop that repaired my tank 20 years ago said that he had done maybe a 1000 repairs.
He had an old 60's car which he kept in the back yard of the shop for just this purpose.
He started it up and stuck a rubber hose, which was attached to the tailpipe, into the tank inlet and let it idle for while so the fumes could purge my gas tank.
I stood a good ways back!
Bill said that He never had a problem doing it this way!
I am not sure there is enough Carbon Monoxide in modern car exhaust for me to try it myself!