Agreed. No sense in scrapping it.

I was at a shop once and saw them tightening the nuts with a cordless, 3/8" drive impact.

 

I accidentally cross threaded one a while back and caused it to snap...whoops.

 

One of mine doesn't tighten, the threads are messed up near the base, so once there is even a tiny bit of torque on the nut, it just spins. Hasn't broken yet though, knock on wood/fingers crossed lol

 

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Don't....Even....look...at...It....

 

Nope, it sheared right off the base .


Looks like this is a known problem in the evo/dsm world. You guys think I should give this a try ?

http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/rep...-studs.256249/


While i'm at it I would just upgrade all these whimpy little bolts. There is a noticeable pop when these studs break, but they won't come off immediately. Instead, they'll take a few more turns to break completely off.

It doesn't matter though because when you hear that initial "pop" you've lost all real holding force.

-pal215

 

That's a good point! I wonder how they would go about fix something like this. Re welding another stud?


-pal215

 

Yah thats what i would think. Grind/drill the old one out and tac a new one in. If i was you I would get the tank as clean as you possibly can before you take it to them. Otherwise they are gonna charge you for the time it takes to clean it so that it doesn't catch on fire / blow up when the go to weld on it.

 

My buddy recommended the ol' empty tank throw a match method . You get rid of all the liquid fuel and then toss in a match to obliterate the vapors.

Hopefully leaving it outside in the backyard for a few days would just make it all evaporate so I don't have to try something that crazy.

-pal215

 

LMAO if you do try the match method plz video tape that.

 

LMAO if you do try the match method plz record that ****.

 

If i do use that method i'll record it. For some reason I feel like it would do more harm than good though haha!


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Got the tank out of the car, removed all the fuel I could see, then left it outside overnight to pay for what it's done. I will leave it outside to defume for the next 1 or 2 days then wipe down what I can see with some carb cleaner and all purpose cleaner. The baffling inside this tank is interesting. I need a hot day to evap all the fumes.


-pal215

 

This made me lol so thank you sir

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. This happened to my buddy recently so we ended up replacing the tank. Such a bummer for such a stupid thing. Its weird bc the stud is sandwiched in the tank with another piece of metal. No reason why you can't have something rewelded in there but he opten to just scrap it

 

Haha ,

I agree with you 100%. I can't believe the trouble a single 8mm nut on a stud could cause.

It's definitely sandwiched between another metal piece which looks like part of the baffling of the tank. My welder quoted me at 100 bucks if I bring the tank to him, which actually isn't bad if he can actually get it done haha. I have faith in him for now as he has welded jet fuel tanks, propane tanks, fuel tanks, boat tanks , etc..

I'll have him grind down all of the studs and weld in thicker ones. The hard part is that these welds have to be VERY clean. If the puddle is too thick, the fuel pump housing retention bracket wont seat flush against the opening of the tank and then we are back to square one.

-pal215