The attached photo may help. Not sure if it's a Vert.OK I took photos of where I 'think' it would be cut--cant tell if I should go dead center. Schematics show the tank isnt a perfect square. ALso, see little welded 'hook' thing. Wh View attachment 233727
ats it for?
I turn 69 in July. Yeah Ive done these to 3 other hatchbacks and made a nice hinged trap w rubber edges but the convertible has me stumped, its a 2002 with plastic tank and the tank isnt perfectly square in the frame like the older metal ones. Im not sure where to cut. Car was bought with a $1200 aftermarket exhaust that would take many dollars to take apart to get tank outI have a 91 TA Vert and a 94 TA Vert....in fact, this weekend I'm going to replace the fuel pump in the 91, after just 13 years and 8000 miles. (I have all the service records from the previous owners.)
I would never think of cutting the hole. I'm too much of a purist, and my personal belief is that it devalues the car, and may remove some strength from the trunk pan.
I'm 69, and from the videos I've watched, this is just simple, routine "nut and bolt" work, and I don't see it taking me more than about 2 hours or so to get the tank out.
If you do decide to do it, when cutting the hole, make sure the corners are properly radiused, so as not to promote and/or induce cracks from vibration, and fit the hole with one of those pretty trap doors with seal tape they sell on Ebay and other places.
