Fuel Tank seal

Need the fuel tank seal for my 91 Eclipse GSX. Do any of you guys have a mitsu dealer around you that you can order parts from? No one around here can get it.

So you have tried to order the part from a store but they dont have it and you dont have a dealer around you? I would just put some silicon on that and put it back together. That red RTV silicon is fuel resistent so that should work fine.

Tried all the local places with no luck. The closest mitsu dealer is about 2 hours away. I think I might just do that with the rtv, the guys at autozone said to use the black stuff. That's the stuff I was going to use anyway but should I not?

Either one should work fine.

So the black stuff is fuel resistant too? I'm sure it will be fine but just wanted to check again.

Im not really sure about the black stuff. It will say on the package whether its fuel resistent or not. Just make sure whatever you get is

I got some silicon that resists gas, oil, karasene, and a bunch of other stuff. It comes in a white tube, it was the only one that resists gas.

Should work fine. Let us know how it turns out.

Like to get it done today but gotta get motivated. My daughter has the swine flu so at home dealing with that all day.

Well that sucks, hope she feels better. Good luck with the pump. Take some pics for us.

Well finally got out there and just got it done. I got the dremel on sunday night so I started cutting the nuts and studs off that night. I blew through like 6 cut off discs and decided to get something a little bit more durable. I bought some reinforced discs on monday and did some more cutting last night. I also drilled the new holes through the sending unit where the new self tapping bolts would go. I cleaned up what was left of the nuts and I was able to use my finger nails and pull the sending unit up and out. I thought I was going to need a small pry bar but I managed with the claws of life. Well any way since I had the other sending unit all ready to go I just put a ton of rtv on it and put it in place. There was enough of the studs left that all I did was drop it in place where the holes lined up. I was kind of afraid to use a drill around the gas fumes because of the sparks you sometimes get in the internals of the drill itself. I tried to put the self tappers in by hand but I got no where doing that so I just winged it and used the drill. I just used it to get the bolts started then I tightened them by hand. It may look like a hack job but I really didn't have many other options with the tight quarters I was working in. I'm just hoping that it seals properly that's my only concern. I just have to finish up the rewire with the 2 wires left to connect and reinstall the cover plate and I'm done with all this shinanigans. I hope to get the rewire completed tonight so a couple more pics maybe later. I guess I can add the rewired 255 to my mod list if theres any more room.

Got 2 pics:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c208/ned032002/IMG00028.jpg

before
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c208/ned032002/IMG00017.jpg

after
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c208/ned032002/IMG00030.jpg

Good idea with the self tapping screw. That should work perfect. It looks a hell of a lot better all cleaned up.

Yeah I predrilled through the sending unit because that way when I put the self tappers in it would pull the tank up instead of pushing it away and risk bending up the sending unit. I had a week to plan the whole thing so it all worked out great. I'm just concerned about the seal is all. If I have to pull it back apart at least this time it won't be difficult.

Not to mention I had to do it all quick once the seal was broken on the old sending unit because I was doing this in the garage where a hot water tank and furnace is running. Once I had the seal broke I couldn't just stop for the night because of the fumes, so I'm glad the plan worked out.