Questionthanks for answering my previous ?- I have another one- how do
I remove the fuel tank from my 1951 Baby Lincoln?
AnswerI have to guess here, because I have never had the pleasure of doing this on a Ford product of that era.
My guess would be that there are two thin metal straps, about the size of your belt, that hook into the car's body near the front end of the tank, and then pass under the tank from front to back and finally bolt up into a slot with some long bolts through the end of the straps and thread into the car body just inside the back bumper. Take a flashight and crawl under there, I think you will see them.
They are probalby quite rusty, so soak them with PB Blaster (in the yellow top can at your auto parts place) for a couple of days before trying to unbolt them. First, of course, disconnect the outlet hose and any electrical connection from the top of the tank, as soon as you lower it enough to reach it. Drain the tank by siphoning it through the filler pipe, or by connecting a hose to the fuel line fitting and letting it run into a pail under the car. 15 gallons of gas weighs about 100 pounds, so don't try to lower the tank with gas in it.
You may have to disconnect the fill pipe and/or the vapor relief hose too, you'll just have to inspect the routing of those items to see if they can drop out from under the car without getting hung up on something. On Packards of the era, for instance, the vapor hose has to be disconnected, but the fill pipe comes out with the tank. Also, on Packards, the fuel gauge sender wire cannot be reached until the tank is lowered about 8 inches - so you have to slowly lower the tank on a jack, and reach in there and unplug the wire - a dirty, messy job - good luck with it!
Dick
