eBay Bugeye fuel tanks, recent experience?

[drooartz]

Anyone have experience with these tanks?

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130180304692

Tunebug could really use a nice new tank. I remember someone posting here about some problems with the line fittings, but can't remember how that was resolved. Price seems pretty reasonable, and they show up on eBay all the time.

 

[healeyboz]

I got one of those and love the tank! I can't remember, but I seem to think that VB's tank was a better price deal??????? Maybe sender, shipping, etc... Dunno?? I do like the tank though. The fuel fitting is threaded and I have a hose clamped to a male end. Wasn't a big deal for me.

 

[msoylemez]

I actually bought ones of these from this very guy and in the end, everything worked out. But 2 warnings to share:

It came to me very slightly dented. I didn't notice it when it got here...noticed it later, and notified the seller. He sent me another one...but again, the replacement came to me very slight dented. I gave up. I guess it just happens in transport. You really can't notice it, and I figured it would just have to do as is.

Second, when I installed/put the tank up and filled with gas (unfortunately to the brim), gas freely started leaking out from where the sender unit goes in. I dropped the tank, changed the o-ring from cork to rubber (or the other way around--can't remember), used better quality screws (stainless) and teflon tape. Put it back up again and it was ok.

As for price, I'm pretty sure this is cheaper (I think that's why I bought it...)

 

[racingenglishcars]

Both ahspaares and frogeyespares want about $205 for the tank and another $99 for the sender. So you could say that ebay price is very good.

 

[Whitephrog]

As I recall, these don't have a drain plug. Has that been an issue with anyone?

 

[Bugeye58]

The last new tank I bought didn't have a drain it it, so I silver soldered one in place. It's a convenient feature, and easily installed.
Jeff

 

[jmwuva05]

I bought one of the ebay tanks as well. Nice tank. It did have a small dent in it but looked much better than the old one. The only complaint I had was the filler neck is slightly shorter than the original so my gas cap sits really low but still goes on easily. The missing drain plug was a concern but I have one of those vaccum pumps and figured I could just use that.

 

[BWillis]

Drew,

I had to change the fitting on my fuel line to work with the tank. I was told that the manufacturer was notified and the proper british thread was to be used in later runs. I bought my tank less than a year ago so it may have been resolved by now.

The only other issue that I saw was the shorter filler neck. As was mentioned it works and actually looks pretty nice as it pulls the cap closer to the body.

HTH

Ben

 

[drooartz]

Thanks for the thoughts. I thought I had remembered something about the fitting being wrong, nice to know I wasn't just making that up. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Still not sure what I'll do, but a new tank seems to make sense to me. I'll have a new/rebuilt engine, carbs, and fuel pump, so I'd hate to start the fuel chain with a suspect tank.