Giving a 405 Sport Wagon another chance

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Lately I noticed fuel fumes inside of my car and I found that fuel was dripping at fuel fill hose by gas tank,end up replacing it and by the time I got to work fuel was leaking pretty bad out of that same area. Next day I found large crack at fuel fill hose attachment on gas tank :-( this is second time I had gas tank leak on this car and I had only one left and it’s currently in my other wagon. This Saturday I removed it out of parts car (wagon) and install it in this wagon and then I found another leak :-( this time it’s leaking around mounting tab for exhaust heat shield. I can’t fined another gas tank that’s close to me so I’ll try repairing this one till I fined the replacement.

4-10-2018

Back to gas tank leak,right! 

I end up repairing it while the tank was still inside the car,end up raising up left side up in the air so remaining gas that could not be drained would end up on the right side.First I was using soldering iron to melt plastic around leak to seal it that way first before applying Petroleum safe JB weld,tell you what working with that soldering iron was scary but luckily it all ended well. 

After JB weld dried off and cured I painted it with black spray paint and filled it up with gas,it took about 11 gallons. 

So far I haven’t seen any leaks but I’ll keep checking in a few days.