I did this on classic beetle a couple of years ago.  I bought some unjacketed steel cable. Just left the end frayed. I used brake cleaner and a drill, like you did. Glad you got it.

That homemade amber can be really hard to deal with sometimes

5 hours ago, Muzez said:

This part would make me a little nervous haha. 

This is another creative approach: 

 

 I saw another guy duck tape his tank to the front of a small concrete mixer. It worked well.

I guess you guys are on LOW speed, right? I'd hate to read about "a new way of burning down my shop".

 

Not saying do it, just appreciating creativity in all of its forms. :P 

Edited November 9, 20213 yr by Muzez

7 hours ago, Muzez said:

Not saying do it, just appreciating creativity in all of its forms. :P 

I agree. I get new ideas on this forum everyday.

Small addendum to complete the thread.

After hooking up the stock mechanical fuel pump, and getting the car started last night (another victory to discuss elsewhere) the dang thing would run for about 5 minutes then run out of gas. Change pump, same thing. 

It took several rounds of back purging with compressed air into the tank, then circulating the 20 litres of fresh gas I bought from back to front using a nice big external 12v fuel pump to finally get the line to flow freely. There is likely still some spooge in the tank that was getting sucked up and partially blocking it, but its fine now. Hopefully it will dissolve in the fresh gas. 

Point here is, it might take several days and persistence, but you too can save a gas tank.  Now if it’s rusty, that’s a whole ‘nother ball of wax. Or flakes. 

You've most likely seen this before Mr Zkars but for the later guys I thought I'd post them again. It's not rust as it wouldn't stick to a magnet just 20 year old gas that lost it's octane.

 

Congrats Jim!

 

Carb lines do that too:

Hey there @240260280 !!!

Happy Thanksgiving if I don't see you before. You are a Pilgrim. I always think about you turkey.

Context for the newer crowd. Mr Pilgrim got me hooked on 240s. He helped me get my '77 running perfect then started me on the heavy dope of the 240Z. I'm forever greatful too.

 

Edited November 9, 20213 yr by siteunseen