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Fox, I may have to try that idea. As for the stain, it looks like Cola of some sort, or Chocolate syrup. As for the color wash, it is still as dark as it was, this picture is with flash, and with the pile being ruffled up, The carpet was sun faded to begin with. Brent, I do commercial carpet cleaning for a living, I am using the proper chemicals, as it didn't hard the rest of the carpeting from the car.

Found out that I have a bad rear wheel bearing on the driver side. I can push/pull the wheel really easy and has a good amount of play. F**k! Where can I get the correct rear wheel bearings? Mean while, I did manage to get the rear seat back, out. It does indeed slide to the Right once the retainer is removed. Very easy.

$2,500 if it is clean ready to go driver.

Finally broke the EA82 out of the garage! Gonna drive it to work tonight Landcruiser towers over the Subaru

It was real. It had something to do with a Promotion Mercedes used, white how light travels, as they were introducing their new Headlight design which dims and moves the lights away from on-coming traffic.

No love for Mercedes over here?

So, since there were complaints about my cargo carpet, I took it to work with me and cleaned it with a Tennant Spirt machine, I only had Johnson Wax 505 pre-spotter though, so I'm sure I could'a got more out if I used Butchers Pull Out, but it did clean up more then prior! Does this please everyone now? lol. I will probably clean it again later on. Seat belts and Pillar covers. Need to polish the chrome and return the black to its proper state.

This car might not be hopeless after all, thanks to everyone who offered their time to pick up the tank/rockers, this totally makes getting this car back on the road lots easier. Thank you!

Mods, Thank you for not moving this Thread. It sure helpped me out of a sticky situation. USMB!

Thank you for the offer, I PM'd you about it. This will totally work out better I think. Thank you again! -Tom

Alright, Tractor Pole is out.

The Latest Email.

Got another email form Wes. I then replied.... I offered $200 for everything, he is welcome to counter offer.

As this has been said by Dude Abides in some thread "Tom does not back down from a challenge" I guess this proves it! LMAO!

Cool, thanks for the offer. So far, both Subaruwagon87 and Tractor Pole have offered and both of them are in the know with what is going down. Wes, "the seller" also knows about this whole ordeal, as I a trying to keep everyone in the know so this works out smoothly. Who ever goes and picks this tank up, will also be picking up the rust free rockers, as this is the same guy I bought those off of, he has yet to ship them out due to his time frame. So this is where we're at right now... lol.

This is interesting. I have heard of GP Forward, I may have had it at one time, back when ABM was OneSource. I have some Virex which would probably do something similar, except the anti-rust part. We'll see how this plays out, I possibly have a dude who is willing to pick the tank up this weekend, so If he can do it, and the Seller agrees to this, I am golden, and I truely hope this works out! This would help me trimendously!

Mods: I don't know where to put this, but I also would like this to as noticable as possible, so I will place it here since there is much traffic. Move it if needed, but I am just trying to get somebodys' attention. Anyhoo, there is a guy in Seattle area with an '83 GL wagon part out, I need the rust free Fuel tank from it, he will not ship it because of fumes. What I need is someone to pick this tank up (I will paypal the owner of it first) rinse it out with Soap/Water so it is fume free, then Box it up, and ship it. Very simple, why the owner can't do this is beyond me. I will pay for the shipping, and I will also compensate you for your time. So, if you live in Seattle area and are willing to do this for a Fellow USMB'er who is trying to get his '83 GL back on the road, that would be SOOO appriciated. I will get his complete address shortly if he agrees to hold the tank for me. Please PM me if you want to do this, -Tom

I contacted that Wes dude in Seattle back again, I asked him if he'd hold the tank for the moment, as I am going to see if I can get someone from here who is local to Seattle to pick up the tank and ship it to me. I would paypal the Owner of the tank, and then all the shipper would have to do, is pick it up, rinse it out with Soap/Water so its fume free and box it up. I would then Paypal the shipper the shipping cost, and funds for his/her time. If anyone sees this and is interested in doing so, PM me and let me know ASAP. I will also put out another thread just for this idea.

Cool!

That is 100% what I figured. For instance, the tank I just removed, was fully (16gal) I drained it all (Put most in my Landcruiser and some in the Dodge) I then left the tank sit in my yard for a day, and it was dry, and didn't smell like anything. So UPS and FedEx are a bunch of pussies. But I do understand there reasoning and liabilty issues. But still, Frustraiting...

What are the odds he would sell you the tank? And what are the odds you'd ship it? And what are the odds it is 4WD? Personally, I don't understand why you can not ship a fuel tank. If you wash it out with Soap and Water, there would be no residual fumes, so WTF?

That would work, just trying to find somebody to do so is the hard part. I looked at uship.com, so is it like a want-ad for shipping basically? I took my tank to a repair shop, the guy says it will be ify once he sand blasts it. As for the broke fitting, that is also ify. This guy has been doing this for 35 years, so I guess we'll see what he can do...

I went to B&M (A place that seaches all Junkyards for the part you need) I could have gotten a nice one from TN, for $140 shipped. But the guy just called me and said he can not find a service that will ship the tank cause it smells like fuel.

What I don't understand is, if parts are so hard to come by for a 1983, then how do these guys restore the 360s and 1000 Stars with new parts? I mean hell, I can get whatever I need for an '81 Dodge Omni (Except trannys parts since its a VW MT) There has to be something out there, other wise, what a POS.