Rookie Mistake!
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Cargo Master
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From: Four Oaks, NC
Rookie Mistake!
Full tank of gas.
Parked on a slight incline (right to left).
42 year old gas cap gasket not sealing.
Hot sun making gasoline expand.
End result, ruined paint!
<a href="http://s1020.photobucket.com/user/crazycracker289/media/F-100/100_2932_zps8bae7a30.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/crazycracker289/F-100/100_2932_zps8bae7a30.jpg" border="0" alt="Full tank of gas, then parked on a slope. Bad news! photo 100_2932_zps8bae7a30.jpg"/></a>
Parked on a slight incline (right to left).
42 year old gas cap gasket not sealing.
Hot sun making gasoline expand.
End result, ruined paint!
<a href="http://s1020.photobucket.com/user/crazycracker289/media/F-100/100_2932_zps8bae7a30.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/crazycracker289/F-100/100_2932_zps8bae7a30.jpg" border="0" alt="Full tank of gas, then parked on a slope. Bad news! photo 100_2932_zps8bae7a30.jpg"/></a>
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Cargo Master
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From: Four Oaks, NC
Put a new gas cap on with a fresh rubber gasket, and will be very careful about over-filling from now on. The rest, well some sandpaper and primer, and I'll be alright. Have not had a paint job yet so it did not ruin anything valuable, per se. Live and learn!
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From: Creedmoor, North Carolina
Cracker, That is a not knowing human error. I can give you a few tips, never fill your tank without driving 3 or more gallons out in the warmer temps, always park it drivers side high if you can.
This is an issue with behind the seat tanks, I remember my dad's 56 doing that back when I was a lad.
The cap doesn't matter a lot, heat expands the gas inside the non vented tank and if it can, out the filler it will come.
John
This is an issue with behind the seat tanks, I remember my dad's 56 doing that back when I was a lad.
The cap doesn't matter a lot, heat expands the gas inside the non vented tank and if it can, out the filler it will come.
John
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Cargo Master
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From: Four Oaks, NC
Cracker, That is a not knowing human error. I can give you a few tips, never fill your tank without driving 3 or more gallons out in the warmer temps, always park it drivers side high if you can.
This is an issue with behind the seat tanks, I remember my dad's 56 doing that back when I was a lad.
The cap doesn't matter a lot, heat expands the gas inside the non vented tank and if it can, out the filler it will come.
John
This is an issue with behind the seat tanks, I remember my dad's 56 doing that back when I was a lad.
The cap doesn't matter a lot, heat expands the gas inside the non vented tank and if it can, out the filler it will come.
John
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From: Creedmoor, North Carolina
Sorry my Johnston County neighbor, but I have posted it several times. I'll try harder for you next time. 
John
John
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what a nightmare 
because of the high fuel costs here in the UK and to try & get a slightly better fuel economy I never fill more than half a tank, I'm running a 90bhp 2.5 diesel and get around 35mpg but she doesn't like hills & it's not a V! I've got a 1980 buick 231 v6 which was rebuilt a few years back & modified to 220bhp and around 290lb-ft so will overhaul that & drop that in.. will soon be starting a build thread as I'm collecting Jaguar ifs & irs, discs all round, parts for a 5-6 inch drop & easier parts availability for me.
because of the high fuel costs here in the UK and to try & get a slightly better fuel economy I never fill more than half a tank, I'm running a 90bhp 2.5 diesel and get around 35mpg but she doesn't like hills & it's not a V! I've got a 1980 buick 231 v6 which was rebuilt a few years back & modified to 220bhp and around 290lb-ft so will overhaul that & drop that in.. will soon be starting a build thread as I'm collecting Jaguar ifs & irs, discs all round, parts for a 5-6 inch drop & easier parts availability for me.
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When the gas expands it'll get out a vented cap.
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That's not good usually see a thread mentioning this atleast once a month really making me decide if using the in cab tank is a good idea or not I'm thinking of doing a mustang tank install myself and maybe just leaving the in cab tank almost empty and use it in case of emergency
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Cargo Master
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From: Four Oaks, NC
That's not good usually see a thread mentioning this atleast once a month really making me decide if using the in cab tank is a good idea or not I'm thinking of doing a mustang tank install myself and maybe just leaving the in cab tank almost empty and use it in case of emergency