Airportable replied to the topic 'Fuel tank removal' in the forum. 20 hours 35 minutes ago

The tank will in all probability be polypropylene, that's the go to plastic if an inert & resilient material is required. We've just replaced the chairs at church & have stripped the metalwork off, the fabric & plastic: the plastic is polyprop & I want to make a form to cast some fibreglass & assumed that by heating the stuff up I could produce what I wanted. I cant get the entire piece to soften uniformly to do what I want. And she came home early when I had it in the oven. The bollocking wasn't as bad as expected.
Right Cobbs. Your problem is only a pain in the arse when its your arse where the pain is, the rest of us are just fine. Mind you there only seems to be you who are troubled. The tank is an odd shape, you knew that when you started & as the car is supposed to be a light weight sports car a metal tank would be counterproductive.
It was made by a cash strapped company, which is why they went for the cheapest, most appropriate material. There is only you who has recent troubles, & that was due to Antipodean Rotten Rust Riddled Rolling Juice, whose to blame for that?
Thuryar yuv bin reet bollocked futhi daftnes. I have another idea, which I'll return to later, Av bin shoutid after. (my wife requires me).
As ever, your friend M

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