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Need BJ8 gas tank and seat attachment bolts.

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Upon inspecting my gas tank for my 64 BJ8 I find that it is home made and of dubious quality. Anyone know where I might find a good used gas tank. Also I checked the bolts that bolt the seats to the floor pans. They are "T" nuts and some are about 1.25" long and some are 7/8" long. Is there a reason for the different lengths? Thanks for your help and have a good day!

John
 
Hi John, I can not think of any reason the seat studs are of different lengths. However, if they protrude through far enough to get the nuts on with a good bite that should be good enough. OTOH, I would be a bit Leary of a used fuel tank. There is a seller on E-bay that manufactures and lists a very good new tank at reasonable cost.---Fwiw--Keoke
 
John,

Are you talking about the nuts that bolt to the seat slide studs from the bottom of the car or the seat frame bolting to the slides from the top?
 
John,
I was talking about the nuts that bolt the seat slides to the floor pans from underneath the car. I actually noticed that they are all just a little different heights, don't know if it matters. I will check into the above mentioned gas tank. Moss carries them for a hefty price tag! Thanks and have a good day!

John
 
John,

On my BJ7 those special nuts are only about .60" long overall (both my originals and the couple extra I ordered). The long standoff part is there to protect the seat slide stud threads and to locate the wooden and metal spacers. I would imagine the nuts are not designed to bottom out on the seat slides (that would leave the seat slide loose to the floor) but the larger lip of the nut bottoms out on the floor pan (with a thick washer to distribute the forces). Not sure why yours are different lengths and why they are so long.

Cheers,
John
 
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