David Vela

Aloha from Hawaii,


I was recently involved in an accident with my 94 Jeep wrangler (2.5
liter) in which my jeep was rear-ended while it was parked by a honda
doing 60+ it did some pretty major damage to the rear end of my jeep
including cracking my fuel tank. I took it in to my mechanic and he
said that it would be cheaper to fix my tank rather than replace it
(Apparently 93 and newer fuel tanks are fiberglass) so I went ahead
and took it to a fiberglass repair shop, they have tried to repair it
2 times, and it continues to leak. I am looking at getting a new
tank, but a new tank runs about 500+ (only can find through the
dealership).

What I had a few questions on is this.

In Quadratec's catalog they sell fuel tanks for jeep wranglers up to I
think 92 model year. These are steel tanks and run about 150+. can
anyone please tell me the difference between a Steel 92 tank and a 94
fiberglass tank. Is there any difference in size or dimension? I
have an external fuel pump for my jeep, is the 92 tank also a external
or internal?

I was hoping that someone on hear might have had a prior experience
with this. I want to know if a 92 tank will bolt up into my 94
wrangler without much fabrication work. Or if not, if anyone knows a
cheaper replacement which will bolt in without much modification into
a 94 jeep wrangler.


I have been thinking about just buying a fuel cell and modifying it to
fit, but that is a lot of work. Any ideas?
Please contact me at davidv@hawaii.rr.com or post to this newsgroup as
I will check back often.

David
davidv@hawaii.rr.com

Earle Horton

As far as I know, the late Wrangler tanks are ABS. That is why your
fiberglass repair shop is unable to repair it. Fiberglass resin won't stick
work a damn to ABS. It is possible that a crack can be welded or repaired
with solvent glue, but maybe not after your fiberglass guys have gotten
resin all over it.

Call a recycler on the mainland and ask if they can ship you a used tank for
less than the dealership price. These guys http://www.gemini-sales.com/
have email.

Earle

"David Vela" <davidv@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Aloha from Hawaii,
>
>
> I was recently involved in an accident with my 94 Jeep wrangler (2.5
> liter) in which my jeep was rear-ended while it was parked by a honda
> doing 60+ it did some pretty major damage to the rear end of my jeep
> including cracking my fuel tank. I took it in to my mechanic and he
> said that it would be cheaper to fix my tank rather than replace it
> (Apparently 93 and newer fuel tanks are fiberglass) so I went ahead
> and took it to a fiberglass repair shop, they have tried to repair it
> 2 times, and it continues to leak. I am looking at getting a new
> tank, but a new tank runs about 500+ (only can find through the
> dealership).
>
> What I had a few questions on is this.
>
> In Quadratec's catalog they sell fuel tanks for jeep wranglers up to I
> think 92 model year. These are steel tanks and run about 150+. can
> anyone please tell me the difference between a Steel 92 tank and a 94
> fiberglass tank. Is there any difference in size or dimension? I
> have an external fuel pump for my jeep, is the 92 tank also a external
> or internal?
>
> I was hoping that someone on hear might have had a prior experience
> with this. I want to know if a 92 tank will bolt up into my 94
> wrangler without much fabrication work. Or if not, if anyone knows a
> cheaper replacement which will bolt in without much modification into
> a 94 jeep wrangler.
>
>
> I have been thinking about just buying a fuel cell and modifying it to
> fit, but that is a lot of work. Any ideas?
> Please contact me at davidv@hawaii.rr.com or post to this newsgroup as
> I will check back often.
>
> David
> davidv@hawaii.rr.com

David Vela

Aloha,


Well that makes sense. I cannot believe that both my mechanic and the
fiberglass repair place both couldnt tell me that the tank is ABS
plastic and not fiberglass. That would have saved me a quite a bit of
money had I known that in the first place.

Thanks for the refferall for the gemini-sales. I emailed them to see
if they have a tank they could send me.


So can anyone else verify for sure if the 94 (and newer) tanks are
really abs plastic, or fiberglass.

DAvid

> As far as I know, the late Wrangler tanks are ABS. That is why your
> fiberglass repair shop is unable to repair it. Fiberglass resin won't stick
> work a damn to ABS. It is possible that a crack can be welded or repaired
> with solvent glue, but maybe not after your fiberglass guys have gotten
> resin all over it.
>
> Call a recycler on the mainland and ask if they can ship you a used tank for
> less than the dealership price. These guys http://www.gemini-sales.com/
> have email.
>
> Earle
>
> "David Vela" <davidv@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:649f4c00.0307260135.15fd9fcc@posting.google.c om...
> > Aloha from Hawaii,
> >
> >
> > I was recently involved in an accident with my 94 Jeep wrangler (2.5
> > liter) in which my jeep was rear-ended while it was parked by a honda
> > doing 60+ it did some pretty major damage to the rear end of my jeep
> > including cracking my fuel tank. I took it in to my mechanic and he
> > said that it would be cheaper to fix my tank rather than replace it
> > (Apparently 93 and newer fuel tanks are fiberglass) so I went ahead
> > and took it to a fiberglass repair shop, they have tried to repair it
> > 2 times, and it continues to leak. I am looking at getting a new
> > tank, but a new tank runs about 500+ (only can find through the
> > dealership).
> >
> > What I had a few questions on is this.
> >
> > In Quadratec's catalog they sell fuel tanks for jeep wranglers up to I
> > think 92 model year. These are steel tanks and run about 150+. can
> > anyone please tell me the difference between a Steel 92 tank and a 94
> > fiberglass tank. Is there any difference in size or dimension? I
> > have an external fuel pump for my jeep, is the 92 tank also a external
> > or internal?
> >
> > I was hoping that someone on hear might have had a prior experience
> > with this. I want to know if a 92 tank will bolt up into my 94
> > wrangler without much fabrication work. Or if not, if anyone knows a
> > cheaper replacement which will bolt in without much modification into
> > a 94 jeep wrangler.
> >
> >
> > I have been thinking about just buying a fuel cell and modifying it to
> > fit, but that is a lot of work. Any ideas?
> > Please contact me at davidv@hawaii.rr.com or post to this newsgroup as
> > I will check back often.
> >
> > David
> > davidv@hawaii.rr.com