stainless neck?

[G24 BDG]

just created a new stainless fuel filler neck 4 me turbo.looks spot on

just thought ad let u's know like:)

[E_T_V]

If you've got any pics I'm sure we'd all like to see them. Was it 316 or 304 stainless or some other grade?

Did you have to weld it or was it made from one piece?

If it looks good would you fancy making any more up?

[G24 BDG]

a had the idea of maken up a few,but at the moment i dont have time.......got tyre spot to bend ss pipe to old pipe shape,then i welded a fuel cap on and a small pipe on the side to attach the breather pipe on......fittin tonite,shud fit and look ok

[Liam]

Huh, I could do with one of those! Think I have discovered why my diesel is running rough, seem to have a tank full of water due to a rust hole in the filler neck! By the way what holds the neck in the body pannel. I will be hunting for a decent one in the scrapyard on Friday and was wondering if it is just held in by the rubber surround and the bracket at the bottom of the neck? If so this should be easy to change.

[G24 BDG]

rubber at top,10mm at bottom,but watch out...rust about,most in scrapy are cabbaged already..thats why maken 1 woz the only solution 4 me

[SimonR]

Originally posted by G24 BDG
most in scrapy are cabbaged already..thats why maken 1 woz the only solution 4 me

Granted a stainless one is the perfect answer, but there are still a few at Ledders.... I have stocked up with four that's two for either car. Obviously these will rust eventually whereas a stainless one won't..... Nice work G24 BDG.

[e692wtt]

My Monty needed welding at the rear of both sills recently, and also at the rear of the filler cap area... my mechanic called me and said "Sills, no problem, but I will probably destroy the filler pipe and they're quite hard to get hold of so it may not be feasible. I know you're fond of Monty, but it could be prohibitive". Imagine his surprise when I told him I had a spare filler pipe at home, I would treat it and he could fit it... "Oh, OK," he said, "a piece of p*ss then... when can I do it?".

It cost £150 (6 hours labour) and £10 materials, with free retest (he takes the cars elsewhere...), that included fabricating the whole area around and behind the fuel filler cover and filler cap and fitting the new filler pipe (I had plans, he has heat sources to ease the 10mm bolt...) as well as the rear end of the sills. Not the prettiest repair, but he does a good job and the car is going to a bodywork place for renovation anyway. Hence my comment below... "Happiness is a warm MoT".

A salient warning that the rust you can see is often merely the tip of the iceberg... from posts before this as well as this one. Be warned...

[G24 BDG]

Originally posted by F153JUE
[B Nice work G24 BDG. [/B]

cheers

[talkingcars]

In the past I have seen MOT failures in the scrap yard that have a new filler hose fitted, possibly for the previous years test.

James

[Liam]

Just been to scapyard and found a filler neck from a K-reg diesel in fairly good condition. Will clean with wire brush and coat in underseal before fitting. Anyway, take a look at the one I've just removed from my car, its no wonder there was water in the fuel!!!

[steve smith]

my old montego estat 2.0 mayfair was a lot worse than that there was at least 3 inches missing from the top it used to use ****e loads of fuel as most of it would evperate out from the tank