Thread: 39 Chevy Coupe - All Steel - having issue with gas tank

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Definitely not a rat rod from the little you've shown of it...........................rats are usually field rough and rusty in appearance..........as in "ratty". This term gained some unjustified traction a decade or so ago and has faded mostly except in some limited circles.

A bit confused on you tank commentary. The picture shows a steel tank, but you mention a polyethylene tank. We talking two different tanks here? Some, most (?) newer tanks have a rollover check valve/ball in the pickup tube, could it be that portion of the pickup is installe incorrectly?

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Definitely not a rat rod from the little you've shown of it...........................rats are usually field rough and rusty in appearance..........as in "ratty". This term gained some unjustified traction a decade or so ago and has faded mostly except in some limited circles.

A bit confused on you tank commentary. The picture shows a steel tank, but you mention a polyethylene tank. We talking two different tanks here? Some, most (?) newer tanks have a rollover check valve/ball in the pickup tube, could it be that portion of the pickup is installe incorrectly?

Thanks for the reply an my bad...yes it is a steel tank. And how do I check to see if rollover check valve is installed correctly? Sorry I am new to all this....