How do i drop the fuel tank ?
 

Ok i have decided that its neather the timing the spark plugs or the cap an rotor when i bought this car it was siting in a guys back yard for over 9 years with out a gas cap. So hear i go how do i drop the fuel tank ? i know about the two straps on the bottom ? and i know about the fuel round hole in the back of the trunk. is there anything else i need to take off ? any exact MM ? sockets i will need? anything special ? please some one with alot of knowlege help me ?

1982 blue on blue 280zxt 2+2 manual tranny
1993 300zx non turbo 2+2 auto tranny

Undo the strap bolts, unhook the fill neck... and drop. You can also read in a Haynes manual how to do it step by step. :D

Haynes her way or his way??? :D

AH.... HER way of course! No haynes at all would be better... but thas for another discussion!

very bad news guys... my poor 280zxt 1982 2+2 has very bad rust i pulled off the thingy from the rear trunk and every single metal tube had rust at least 1/2 inch thick i looked down into the tank and nothing but brown dark rust ewwwww !!1 im draining her right now and and pulling the tank ... umm any body with any spare parts they can sell me ? ok any body who would know is a non turbo 2+2 fuel tank will work ? any body have any helpful ideas? i refuse to give my 280zxt up to the junk yard !! NOOOO !!! shes not going !!!! PERIOD

gotta be more specific bro... what do you mean "thingy from the rear trunk???" All 280zx fuel tanks should be the same, but unless you have rust holes, you prolly don't need a new one. right? just clean it up.

What parts are you looking for? (be more specific)

New update pulled off the circule attached to the rear trucnk that has 3 hoses that i suspect go to the fuel tank pulled it out.. kinda tricky to get it out and it was completey rusted.. no wonder why my fuel gague didnt work lol .. finnaly was able to getthe tank droped there is exacatly 7 cups of rust or what i belive to be rust inside the tank i took the take to the power washer and drained it about 10 times umm.. i dont think i may be cleaning this thing out right any body have any other bright ideas ? any help at all ?

Just spray water in the tank and let it over flow until the water comes out clear... I neaver had to remove a tank though :confused:

sigh i have called every one autozone..... adavance auto parts...... NAPA... isnt there another way to get ride of the rust ? im thinking about useing somthing like CLR ? calium lime an rust remover ? hell i am thinking about useiong toilet bowl rust remover ? isnt there any one that has pulled as tanks and have re done them ? or anything like that ? =-( my g.f. wont let me take part her 1982 280zx non turbo 2+2 to get the gas tank.. damn her !!! doesnt she know I GOT TURBO !!! lol

contact your local radiator shop, they should be able to refurbish your old gas tank.

Two words: Fuel Cell :D

I'm gonna build my own fuel cell, with a twist....it's gonna fit in the stock tank location...OoOoOoO!:D

Actually, using CLR is a great idea. You still may need to do it several times, but that stuff works miracles. It's also awesome at getting hard water spots off your car... just don't let it stay on the paint for any period of time.


Rod.

I forgot about CLR?? Yeah use that and keep filling it with water letting it overflow so everything gets out

ok new up date.. so far i was able to figure out that little round thing thta goes into the fuel tank its the FUEL sending unit yaaa !! lol but bad news both flots were rustied shut ... nothing wd-40 couldnth andle good news i got both flots to work right. bad news there is a little wire attached to that end of the wire is like a little round cyclender thats i guess mut be some type of uel moderator to tell me if the fuel is low.. the only thing is its broken and rusted not to bad thou i took it off and re drilled the holes but the inside was badly rusted so i drilled out hte inside and the little screen came out.. hmm... um im going down to buy CLR right now and a big ass metal brush .. lol wish me luck yall !!!!! NISSAN/DATSON !!!! 4 ever !!!!!


1982 280zxt 2+2 blue in blue out manual t5 tranny shirst awsome ! no grinding at all !!!
1993 300zx N/A 2+2 white with black leather auto tranny shirts great very well tooking care of by me !

Cringe... it's spelled "DATSUN"

ok well the project is done cleaned the gas tank with CLR about 10 times flushed out about 20 times used a metal wires brush to get most of the hard rust off. i took it down to the local radiator shop and there gonna do some type of acid bath and then plastic cote the inside of the tank. ( finnaly my turbo will run !!! ) lol hehehehehe im soo happy !!!
p.s. whats a FUEL CELL ?

A very good upgrade!!

Funny thing is that DATSON is how it woulda been spelled since that was the correct spelling. But something about the Japanese language has that as meaning something you just shouldn't use for something like car name :confused: I don't know, I got some literature on it somewhere.

If you haven't resolved the rust problem go to www.por15.com or you can call 1-800-457-6715 and request a catalog. They have all the products for treating rust including restoring a gas tank (unless it's too far gone.) You can get anything you need to work on rust. Good luck