trying to remove my fuel tank from Jellybean and it wont come out.... its a 72' read through one of my many manuals says that early clubbys had a extra evap point or something? anyways its this big long tube beneath the tank that goes through the boot floor and nearly touches the hydro walve.... this tube thing near makes it impossible to remove the tank with out having to snap this thing off....

any ideas?

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“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Have you removed the bolt from under the car right at the back (up in the lower rear panel). Little bastard that is.
Take the fuel cap off too.

do u have any pics....

there was a post up not so long ago and someone had glued the tank down

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1975 Leyland Mini: 1060cc - resto/ ex-hsc project.

yeh done all that....

no its not glued down

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“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

From memory you should be able to undo this off the bottom of the tank (7/16 spanner I think)? Unless its rusted on

That tube is for draining the tank and should screw out using an open ender....a bit of a pain to get to, but needs to be taken off to get the tank out.....

guess ill have to try and wiggle it out then.....

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“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Easiest way is to just snap the tube off the plug , it's a pain in the proverbial and doesn't do much except slow the tank draining operation . The plug will still seal without the tube on it .

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I ended up breaking mine off as it wouldn't budge. When I got the tank out I bogged up the hole with epoxy putty Not the full hole just the little pipe hole into what was the tap part

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

my thoughts exactly

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“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Just confirming , the tube I'm talking about is on the tank's drain plug and is straight going down vertically through the boot floor . It was designed to drain the tank only through the pipe (once you loosen the tank drain plug the fuel runs through the middle of the plug and out the pipe) well clear of the boot instead of splashing inside the boot . Only problem is the plug rusts in and you can't remove it as it was designed to so you can snap the pipe off and the tank will come out with the drain plug intact .

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Thats the one - figure I've never drained a tank yet and I'll work that out if I have to

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My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Tank draining isn't hard. I just loosen the clamp on the hose under the car and pull it off.
You may get ten or twenty dollars worth of spillage by the time you aim the hose at a container, but it gets the job done.

hahaha yeh.... found that out.... lol

finally tank is free!!! HAZZAH! next part.... cut off little thing that caused so much grief....

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“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

I remember trying to remove the left tank from my Gt - mega pain they get seized in. I did get it out though eventually.

Brenton

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