Filler Neck Breaking HAZARD

["stupadazzo2002" <mopar2me@xxxx>]

The filler neck at the top opening is made out of three different 
pieces (poorly) tack welded together. Recently the venturi "style" 
piece with the little flapper door in it broke off of mine and fell 
down into the tank.

This part breaks, obviously, from bearing the entire weight of the 
gas pump nozzle and hose when fueling. As we all know the pump 
nozzle sits straight up when fueling and the filler neck has to bear 
the weight.

In leu of spending $55+ dollars from the specialty shops for this 
tiny part I decided to re-weld it myself with the mig. It's NOT an 
easy part to weld and requires delicate grinding when finished to 
look good but it was worth it to me.

I've posted photos of the job in the FILES section of the DML yahoo 
groups entitled: DeLorean - Filler Neck Components.doc

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/files/DeLorean%20-%20Filler%
20neck%20Components.doc

Chris
#3876