Post-War Other Hattie the Herald, again.

[Trevor Triumph]

The gas tank needs to come out; the aroma of varnish is strong. I've followed the factory book and it sounds so easy. It does not want to come out. Pull on the bottom, trunk floor section first? It will not pull straight out due to the filler pipe. Silly me, the car has been stored inside for ten years, what can go wrong?


T.T.

 

[Trevor Triumph]

Oh, I re-read the factory book. Drain the tank. With the drain plug out the tank pulled out easily.

 

[Andrew Mace]

Oh, I re-read the factory book. Drain the tank. With the drain plug out the tank pulled out easily.

WOW! You just might be the first person who has successfully removed the drain plug on a Herald gas tank in nearly 40 years without ripping out the bottom of the tank!

For future reference, that really isn't necessary. What helps more than anything else is to remove the trunk stay rod bracket and the filler neck-to-body seal.

 

[Trevor Triumph]

I did remove the stay and the neck to body seal. I noticed some brass- brazing?- around the drain plug. Now I've got about two gallons of vinegar sloshing around in the tank and close to four gallons of varnish/ gas in a bucket. suggestions for cleaning our the gas Lines?