The Rebuild

[hrpearce]

Thanks to Mike C's answer in Tim's thread I now know my blitz turnes 70 this year.

[hrpearce]

The angles are cut and painted, my hand isn't as steady as it used to be so it is a bit rough.
I had a bit of good luck today while looking for bolts to mount the angles I found two pins to mount the petrol tank straps to the top of the bracket.

[Ganmain Tony]

Looking great Robert. Cant wait to see a few pictures of the old girl with both fuel tanks on...

[hrpearce]

Thanks Tony. Today it felt good to finally pick up a paint pot again I needed a break from work so gave myself two hours off.

[hrpearce]

The tank is on, only one strap at the moment I have to weld some thread onto the other one.

[Mike Cecil]

Weld some thread? I thought the strap had a fold-back with a slot that held a 'T' piece, with the thread on the vertical of the 'T'. The fold-back was riveted to the strap.

Or is my memory not that good?

Mike C

[Euan McDonald]

Mike you are spot on but whenever I go to undo a rusted tank strap they always shear off just at the end of the thread so the easy fix was to grind a point on the old bolt and graft a new thread on. Fix two is un rivet strap fab up “T” bolt and re-rivet strap.

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

The tank is on, only one strap at the moment I have to weld some thread onto the other one.

Hey Robert,

Could we have a wider photo of the whole truck with its nice rebuilt fuel tank?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Robert

Noticed that you are using what looks to be rubber strips under the straps for rub protection. I did the same thing and one problem I ran in to was inconsistent ground on the tank fuel gauge sender. Some times gauge worked and sometimes not. Turned out it was depending on the fuel line for grounding. Solution was a length of the small woven ground strap material from one of the mounting screws on the gauge sender over to the frame.

Enjoy watching the progress.

Cheers Phil