Need a new seal on the gas tank filler tube to tank. My local ford dealer says the part number records only goes back to 1980. But they do have a listing for an 1980 pinto tank seal. it's P/N is E1AZ.9072B...does anyone know if this 1980 part is the same as the 72 tank?
they cost $14 each, and they come in a 2 pack...whats up with that?
According to an old 65 to 72 Ford parts list, the 71/72 part number is C7A2 9072-A. According to an old 73 to 79 Ford parts list, the 73/79 part number is E1AZ 9072-A. Ford keeps superseding parts numbers which would not show up on these old lists. Measured 72 and 79 tank openings: 72 - 2.55" ID & 0.28" thick lip, 79 - 2.51" ID & 0.34" thick lip. I suspect they can be interchanged but do not know for sure. Here is another source:
http://www.sscenterprises.net/4images/details.php?image_id=83 (http://www.sscenterprises.net/4images/details.php?image_id=83)
hello oldkayaker...thanks for the info...one question on the dimision of the lip, does this mean the how much of the sheet metal is rolled into the tank? ie flange width? thks...Bill
On my tanks, the lip rolls to the outside of the tank. The 0.28"/0.34" was measured from inside of the tank to the top of the lip farthest from the tank. The lip was about 1/8" wide. I tried a 72 gasket in the 79 tank and it seemed to fit fine.
Quote from: oldkayaker on February 03, 2011, 05:40:04 AM
On my tanks, the lip rolls to the outside of the tank. The 0.28"/0.34" was measured from inside of the tank to the top of the lip farthest from the tank. The lip was about 1/8" wide. I tried a 72 gasket in the 79 tank and it seemed to fit fine.
Oldkayaker, thanks for trying that, that is great that it fits!
You may want to check out SSC enterprises. They show them in their Pinto parts section.
Quote from: Ricpinto on February 04, 2011, 04:39:46 AM
You may want to check out SSC enterprises. They show them in their Pinto parts section.
thanks guys....sent them off an email with my info!
LOL. I guess i'm lazy and cheap! I took the old one to Ace hardware and to the plumbing section. I found a rubber toilet to tank donut (gasket) that was about an inch or so thick. It was about $2. The inside fit perfect around the filler tube, nice and snug. On the outside it was just a little bigger than the hole in the tank so i cut a slice about 3/16" in the gasket that went all around it. I put silicone on it and put the donut in the tank hole and the slice all the way around it held it there. After some vasoline on the donut, i worked the filler tube into the donut and down into the tank. It was almost like they were made for this. Kenny
Quote from: Cheeseliner on February 07, 2011, 06:35:56 AM
LOL. I guess i'm lazy and cheap! I took the old one to Ace hardware and to the plumbing section. I found a rubber toilet to tank donut (gasket) that was about an inch or so thick. It was about $2. The inside fit perfect around the filler tube, nice and snug. On the outside it was just a little bigger than the hole in the tank so i cut a slice about 3/16" in the gasket that went all around it. I put silicone on it and put the donut in the tank hole and the slice all the way around it held it there. After some vasoline on the donut, i worked the filler tube into the donut and down into the tank. It was almost like they were made for this. Kenny
i sure hope that water gasket is made from a material that can resist gasoline long term...or we may have the flaming pintos again!
Rubber. I hope so. I havent smelt gas yet! Let me get my lighter out and go check it.HA! Kenny
Just an FYI...purchased p/n e1az9072b gasket from ford. This P/N according to Ford is for a 1980 pinto. It fit my 1972 tank just find.