Nearing the end of my rust replacement with new steel,:laugh:

The only major area left is the rear arch around the filler neck.:wacko:

As I will have to do a lot of welding in this area I will need to take the tank out.:excl:

Is it much of a job?

Could someone give me a rough break down of the best way to go about it please?:thumbup1:

Thanks in advance everyone.

Getting the petrol tank out is a fairly easy job just requires a fair bit of unbolting. The main areas you need to undo are the two bolts that that secure the straps to rear of the car, the next set of bolts are around the filler neck (6 of them). Once these are undone open the inspection panel in the boot and pull off the fuel and breather pipes going in to the top of the tank and disconnect the pump wires. The tank will now come off.

 

Support the tank with a trolley jack while doing this, you may need to lower the tank slightly to get better access to the pipes on the top.

 

Re-fitting is just the reverse.

HTH

Steams

Thanks Steams,:bow:

Having read your post it does not appear to be to big a job at all.

A bit of a relief to be honest.

I will make a start soon.