New tank filler neck gasket problems

[RBCharger]

Well you get the right parts and problem solved! The DMT gasket was the ticket! The gasket was much more flexible and seems to be better quality!

That OER gasket was old and the diameters wrong!

https://www.detroitmuscletechnologi...-64-73-fuel-gas-tank-grommet-2203472-2880481/

 

[Big Bad Dad]

Well you get the right parts and problem solved! The DMT gasket was the ticket! The gasket was much more flexible and seems to be better quality!

That OER gasket was old and the diameters wrong!

https://www.detroitmuscletechnologi...-64-73-fuel-gas-tank-grommet-2203472-2880481/

You went through the same thing I did, as I posted earlier. Repro parts that are wrong just plain suck!

 

[Runner 68]

Well you get the right parts and problem solved! The DMT gasket was the ticket! The gasket was much more flexible and seems to be better quality!

That OER gasket was old and the diameters wrong!

https://www.detroitmuscletechnologi...-64-73-fuel-gas-tank-grommet-2203472-2880481/

Good ol DMT. Great parts at a reasonable price and superior customer support.
I have them on speed dial for the "soft" parts.

 

[RBCharger]

You went through the same thing I did, as I posted earlier. Repro parts that are wrong just plain suck!

I'm wondering if it might be useful for a "These Repro Parts Don't fit" section on the board? I know that's a hassle to post but that tank gasket was just silly.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

I'm wondering if it might be useful for a "These Repro Parts Don't fit" section on the board? I know that's a hassle to post but that tank gasket was just silly.

I have posted that link to my experience several times on this forum because of other people having the same problems.

 

[Briscoe Bum]

Oh boy, I do feel your pain. I’m 57 and I have had my 71 since 79. I bought a new tank, tube, straps, and etc. well I F#€Ked with it for two hours. Looked at every thread I could find, finally I put the heat gun on low, lubed the tube with Dawn dish detergent and pushed and pushed till it just slid down into the rubber seal like it was ment to. That seems to be the way it works. Good luck guys just don’t give up.