Fuel Tank seal

[ned032002]

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.

[SilvrEclipse]

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.

[ned032002]

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?

[SilvrEclipse]

Either one should work fine.

[ned032002]

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

[SilvrEclipse]

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

[ned032002]

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.

[SilvrEclipse]

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

[ned032002]

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

[SilvrEclipse]

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

[ned032002]

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:


before


after

[SilvrEclipse]

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

[ned032002]

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.