On 10/5/23 (mileage approx 167K) I noticed something was making a noise under Vic. At first I thought maybe a spring had broken, as it had a metallic rubbing/scraping sound, and seemed to have to do with the car moving up and down. Then, one day while driving home on the highway, I noticed the gas gauge was reading all funny.
When I got home, I looked under the car, and didn't see as much sunlight as I expected. Why? Because the gas tank was hanging down!
One of the two metal straps that hold the tank up had rotted away. The other wasn't far behind.
Parts were ordered, arraignments were made with "Jeep Guy", a friend not afraid of rust work, and we towed the car to his shop.
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| "What's that strange noise?" |
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| Strapped up off the ground |
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| Borrowing municipal parking lot for a few minutes... |
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| Ready to hit the road the next day! |
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