The Ford Barn

Phil Brown · 02-12-2026, 12:32 PM

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.

02-12-2026, 12:32 PM	#7
Phil Brown Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee Calif. Posts: 693	Re: Steering column support underside of gas tank 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.