gas tank removal

So me and my friend were doing some 4x4ing and well we put a huge dent in his gas tank. I know bassically what to do but i just want to make sure so coudl somebody tell em how its done. We dont want to ask out parents or anything becasue then we will get in shit. So could somebody please help us out. O ya and incase type of vehical matters ist an 88 gmc vandura.

So nobody can help me?

drain it, plug the lines, remove it

if it dont leak,dont touch it.

you cant pound dents out of a fuel tank very easily and GM uses some funky fittings on the fuel lines.If you dont have the right tool to open them,you will screw the fuel lines too.The level senders are pretty sensitive to being knocked around when you remove them as well.Then there is the baffle inside the tank that will be in the way when you want to fix the dent…….

Moral of the story?Dont dick around in Daddy's van!

you went 4x4 in a van??

o no it wasnt his dads van its his work van. ya it was sweet untell we knocked off teh muffler bent his triler hitch and dented his gas tank. so we shoudl just leav it alone? because it aint leakin.

Your friend got served! :lol:
How could you be dumb enough to go 4x4ing in a VAN owned by your work place?!?
Refering to your friend…. ;)

well hsi dad owns teh company. and what else were we goan do on a wednesday night in surrey lol. it seemed leik a good i dea at first we had doen it befor.

if it doesnt leak, leave it. you wont be able to pop the dent out, and you will need a replacement tank in that case. the lines on those require a special spring lock remover tool.. not to mention pulling a tank is teh shits. what are the chances he will see it? slim. for all he will know it was there before he had it.

:lol::lol::lol:

quick fix. Get a good strap wrapped around the gas tank. Attach that to a sturdy pole. Accelerate the Van hard till you run out of gas.

ya we decided to just leav eit up there. pu the reason we wanted to replace it was beacuse now his fule gage is screwed up and when its full it only reads 3/4 tank. but we just put a 10 gallon jerry can in teh back of his van now so we shoudl be fine.

easy gas tank removal:

tools required:
one match, half a brain.

sounds like your "friend" has the half a brain part down…now all you need is a match.

now get your friend to light the match and throw it in the gas tank…wait for a few milliseconds, look for gas tank in nearby tree or on neighbours lawn….also may find some spare car parts…throw those away, you won't need them

the explosion will probably get the dent out.

well you shoul dhear how he wanted to drain the old tank when we were going to replace it. he wanted to drill a hole in teh bottom lol. ya he wasnt relly thinking there.:rolleyes:

Originally posted by theoriginalhardcore
well you shoul dhear how he wanted to drain the old tank when we were going to replace it. he wanted to drill a hole in teh bottom lol. ya he wasnt relly thinking there.:rolleyes:

I'd say he quit thinking about 5 minutes before he put the key in the ignition.