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06-02-2020, 10:23 AM | #1 |
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Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
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Like the title states, I'm really having a tough time getting the gas gauge bezel off. I've been soaking it for a week with rust buster and and 50/50 of ATF & Acetone and it's not budging. The tank as been empty for a very long time and I was thinking of using a plumber's torch to gently heat up the bezel to see if that will break it free. Any other thoughts on how to free it up? Its a perfect original so I'm trying not to damage it. ** PS- I do have the correct "wrenches" for removing this. Thanks, Tim |
06-02-2020, 10:34 AM | #2 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Tim, we have had them come in where we had to use an air hammer with a chisel to remove the outer ring because it was froze. Then you can sometimes use a little air pressure (i.e.: 5#) with the tank ports sealed to help push the gauge away from the seat.
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06-02-2020, 12:09 PM | #3 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Interesting idea. Thanks,
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06-02-2020, 12:10 PM | #4 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Think about it dude, open flame and gas! Even the vapors from a dry tank...BOOM!!!
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06-02-2020, 12:57 PM | #5 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
I had to use a large pipe wrench one time to get one off.
I had to replace the bezel with a new one after that because the wrench made deep marks in it. |
06-02-2020, 02:11 PM | #6 | |
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I'd love to get it off without damage since it's original to the car '28 AR Roadster |
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06-02-2020, 02:30 PM | #7 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
d Even a "dry" tank that old has the potential to go boom.
I have see shots of guys, with helpers (one to push in on the tool and one to turn the cheater bar) that used a long cheater bar on the bezel tool and still had a hard time cracking it loose. If you have the good tools, you stand a chance, if they are those aluminum die cast ones, good luck they barely work on ones that the gauge is not stuck. Poor; https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/P.../model-a/tools Better; https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/P...GAUGE-TOOL-SET
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06-02-2020, 02:52 PM | #8 |
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Thank you. Yep, I've got the cast one. It is a flimsy tool. haha,
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06-02-2020, 03:11 PM | #9 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Use the laser cut flat steel one (it does have a kink in it )it does not slip off like the cast aluminium one does .
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06-02-2020, 04:53 PM | #10 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Before putting a flame by that tank pump it full of carbon monoxide from a good old polluting car. No BOOM.
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06-02-2020, 07:10 PM | #11 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
You can try a heat gun ( no flame!) to heat the outer ring a little. Should be safe as long as tank isn’t leaking fuel. Best if it’s an old tank that hasn’t had fuel in it for a while. fuel weeping at the gauge causes the outer ring to get stuck. A little penetrant can help as well. The original ford 5z gas gauge wrench works best .
Have done many and typically my wrench does the trick . Larry shepard |
06-02-2020, 07:13 PM | #12 | |
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http://jmodela.coffeecup.com/fixgasgauge.html |
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06-02-2020, 08:26 PM | #13 | |
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Dang. That is a great looking tool. I'd love to get one if anyone has one for sale. |
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06-02-2020, 09:12 PM | #14 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Dry and capless for that long it isn't going to go boom. Stick your nose in the filler neck and give it a sniff. You'll be able to tell.
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06-02-2020, 10:33 PM | #15 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Those cast aluminium tools are designed to skin knuckles!
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06-03-2020, 05:20 AM | #17 |
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I made my own pair of tools out out steel. I've used them and loaned them lots of times and they are just as good as the first time. Aluminium is NOT the material to use for something like this. Cheap and nasty!
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06-03-2020, 08:31 AM | #18 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
I put a torch on a one gallon gas can, had been sitting in the desert for nigh on to twenty five or more years. Surprise, small boom, cheap lesson learned.
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06-03-2020, 09:17 AM | #19 |
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Re: Difficult time getting gas gauge bezel off
Impact driver would do the trick if there were a 10-point socket for it.
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