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Interesting afternoon. Small fuel leak turned into a large fuel leak which turned into how quickly can I get the car jacked up, wheel removed, and undo fuel line to drain a few gallons into a bucket. 

Been fighting a fuel smell in the garage since I got the car. Thought it was the vent line, so I replaced it with a longer one and make a large loop (helps on the fast left hand turns). So I went to charge the battery up before I put the car in storage for a couple of weeks and grab one of my other cars out of storage, and noticed a drip on the fuel sending unit. Tightened up the screws but the bottom one doesn't want to seem to bite down. Well the small drip turned into a river down the front of the trunk. Panic set in, got the leak stopped and went and got a new gasket. Screw still will not bite down, but put in the new gasket and silicone so hopefully that stops the leak. Gonna be a pain to remove later but hopefully it will do for now. 

2015 Vintage Speedster, Royal Blue, leather interior, 1915

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Hello James, short and sweet here as my first response was usurped by my coffee going down the wrong way, felt like Linda Blair there for a moment.

I had the same problem and consider the fix temporary and I would keep an eye on the silicone seal for seepage as the ethanol in the gas will eventually get to it and emulsify it.

There are very few threads on the underside nut plates on a lot of these tanks.

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