89 wagovan fuel tank
PorterWagonneer
Band Wagon
:roll: So the wife says "Buy it, I like it!" So I did. Well to make a somewhat painful story as clear as mud.....
Happened upon a 89 wagovan sitting fallow in a bog. Dark night, lots of bugs maybe blame the stars in my eyes or the bad moon rising. Agreed to buy it. Handed over cash, got bill of sale. Come back the weekend in the daylight. Tow it home after a run through the car wash. Has possibilities (see stars in my eyes...above)
Turns over, fires, won't run. Don't hear the pump. Fires & runs with starter fluid. Check main relay - bad. Replace main relay; pump still won't run. Fuses check good, power to the junction @ the fuel level sending unit.
Pull tank drain plug, couple of drops. Cool, somebody has all ready drained it.
Drop what I thought was an empty tank. Not really empty - 5 plus gallons of ?????? in it. Crud so thick on the tank bottom that it sealed over the drain port.
Pull pump. Supposed to be approx 2" diameter. Almost as big as the tank opening for the fuel pump. Looked like a brown chia pet, smelled of a dead pirates chest without the gold. Look in the tank; all I can see is rust & crud. Mountains on the moon. Pump by pass tube is solid, not a tube at all. Filter/screen is rock hard. Pump is locked up tight.
Fuel level sending unit shroud/sheetmetal crumbled when I sprayed it down with WD-40.
WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO??????!!!!!!! Jump without looking has always been a practice of mine. Meanwhile, the wife is tapping her foot. "When will it be ready to drive?????"
Anybody know of a good part # for an aftermarket tank? A clean used one? Where to get one in the SE USA?
Happened upon a 89 wagovan sitting fallow in a bog. Dark night, lots of bugs maybe blame the stars in my eyes or the bad moon rising. Agreed to buy it. Handed over cash, got bill of sale. Come back the weekend in the daylight. Tow it home after a run through the car wash. Has possibilities (see stars in my eyes...above)
Turns over, fires, won't run. Don't hear the pump. Fires & runs with starter fluid. Check main relay - bad. Replace main relay; pump still won't run. Fuses check good, power to the junction @ the fuel level sending unit.
Pull tank drain plug, couple of drops. Cool, somebody has all ready drained it.
Drop what I thought was an empty tank. Not really empty - 5 plus gallons of ?????? in it. Crud so thick on the tank bottom that it sealed over the drain port.
Pull pump. Supposed to be approx 2" diameter. Almost as big as the tank opening for the fuel pump. Looked like a brown chia pet, smelled of a dead pirates chest without the gold. Look in the tank; all I can see is rust & crud. Mountains on the moon. Pump by pass tube is solid, not a tube at all. Filter/screen is rock hard. Pump is locked up tight.
Fuel level sending unit shroud/sheetmetal crumbled when I sprayed it down with WD-40.
WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO??????!!!!!!! Jump without looking has always been a practice of mine. Meanwhile, the wife is tapping her foot. "When will it be ready to drive?????"
Anybody know of a good part # for an aftermarket tank? A clean used one? Where to get one in the SE USA?
Comments
You'll have to buy a pump, but I have the assembly that the pump hangs on.
That means you are actually in "Wago-Wonder-Land"... And, that's where all the Wago-Dreams come true...
You just have to follow the magical black-top road that leads you to Wago-Castle, which is home to the all powerful Wago-Wizard (Bam-Bam).
And, if your kind and open.. He many just help your Wago-Dreams come true..
Duhhhh!!! Everybody Knows That!!!
Working in the garage this evening & I hear such a clatter (more like an ef door closing, not an elf?).
Step outside and almost trip over a very clean used wagovan fuel tank!
Rattles as I bring it in - could this be a trojan horse type thing?
No, turns out to be 5 flywheel bolts. Probably a story in that somewhere over the rainbow.
Sort of like winning the lottery but without the headaches of a higher tax bracket.
I pity those 1%ers; the fools!
Had I known it would be this easy, I would have bemoaned not having a 458 ferrari.
Many thanks to Bam-Bam and lil smokies new dad, Ryan.
BAHAHAHA..
See Folks.. It's that easy sometimes..