Today's job was installing the fuel tank, rear fuel lines and all of the emission lines that went from the tank to the evaporative canister in the rear trunk bulkhead. I also reinstalled the four original exhaust system mounts.
The tank was one of those Canadian reproductions. I bought it at Carlisle last year and saved the crazy shipping costs. It was about 98% accurate and only needed a little persuasion to get the filler neck adjusted to the correct angle. It was off by a couple of degrees and was 1/8" longer than the original filler neck.
I replaced the original tank because it had several screw holes in the top where someone must have tried to mount something in the trunk and punched the screws right through the trunk floor and into the tank.
As for the seven emission lines' routing, luckily I took some good photos of the layout before. I ended up taping the photos together like a jigsaw puzzle and then taped the whole photo montage to the underside of the car as a map, while I was working under it. It worked out well.
All the lines and now replumbed exactly as they were originally, but with new rubber, of course. There is no way I would ever reuse original emissions and fuel lines. They may look good on the outside with their original date codes and paint stripes, but they were hard as rock and just waiting for the exact moment to crack and leak. No sense risking your car (and life) to be THAT original.
Oh, and yes I remembered to install the fuel guage sender lead and ground before installing the tank (the second time).
