> I know, I was concerned about not having plates under my tank too.
>> Someone said to remove a plate to be able to paint the tank. I have two
>> tanks, one each side and neither has anything under it except a lot of
>> dents and scratches. It must have been knocked off!!!
>Aloha Mark and Rich.
>Believe that was me. Seperate the plate from the tank, to paint and prevent
>future rust. You have the plate also, if you don't then the tank is only
>held in place by the inlet hose, or you have some custom after market jobby.
>The 'plate' is a 14-16 piece that gets welded to the bottom of the fuel
>tank, gets a few bends in her, and has the holes drilled in it to mount to
>the chassis.
>I definately is NOT a skid plate. It's more like a 'catch water and mud
>till the bottom of the tank rusts through' plate.
I have two side tanks that came from military Santana's, I haven't been
able to find
the seam between the plate and the tank. I know what to look for as I also
have the
SW 109 rear tank that has the seam and have separated cleaned, painted etc.
and put
back. I have done everything I can think of, but no seam. They are from
Santanas that
were used by the Saudi military and I removed them myself from the junked
vehicle (88).
Any ideas on finding these elusive plate seams?
Jim Wolf
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