Wild Horses SS Fuel stank Problem

[Goody]

So I assembled my tank this morning. Was working on other things in the shop and heard a ding come from my tank sitting on my parts washer. Go over and shake the tank to find that something metal is rolling around in it. Roll it over and see a stud and nut inside. Remove The sump pump plate, which sucks w/ the Permatrx high tack gasket goo and find the stud completely broke off from the plate (which is welded). Hopefully this isn’t a reoccurring issue for these tanks. I only made sure it the power and ground wires were snug (as they were installed when it showed up) and did not put much force on it. Guess I have to figure out how to thru bolt a stud in this thing now and seal it!!! I’ll email WH’s and see if they can hook me up w/ a new plate and gasket, as I have a few weeks before I’ll be installing this beast!

Edit: Fat fingered the thread name... Sorry WH! Would buy another of these tanks if I could afford another Bronco!! Things are an absolute work of art inside and out!

 

[McChargue]

If I understand correctly the ground stud on the inside broke off? This happened to mine as well during install. Thankfully before I put the pump assembly inside and sealed everything. I just drilled a hole in the vertical piece that goes down inside the tank and grounded the pump there. It's been running strong with no issues for a couple months now seeing daily use.

 

[DirtDonk]

Wow, that's not a good thing. Sorry for your trouble guys.
And McChargue, I'm glad you brought yours up too, to show that Goody's is not an isolated case. Which initially I would have assumed it was.

Can either/both of you post up pics please? I'll pass it on to the interested parties this weekend so there is a bit of a heads-up for Monday.
Definitely e-mail anyway Goody, but know that I'm doing it almost as we speak as well.

Were you both just making sure the fasteners were tight on pre-installed wires?

Thanks

Paul

 

[McChargue]

I didn't take any photos and since its already installed I'm hopefully not going to have an opportunity to get any for a long while. I installed the fuel pump and then when I tightened the wires everything was hunky dory and then I was moving the assembly around and I bumped it on something and the stud broke off. It kind of shocked me since it was a pretty light bump. But I used a bolt and nut that came with the kit and was extra. Drilled the hole in the vertical piece that the fuel pump tray attaches to and shortened the wire a bit and tightened it in place. Worked like a champ.

 

[Goody]

Yeah, the inside ground stud. It broke off and dinged the bottom of the tank about 15 minutes after being sealed up and finished. Clean break right at the plate, Weld seal was still good. DirtDonk, I only made sure the nut was snug on the preinstalled connection. It wasn’t a problem other than having to pull it out again, remove pump and foam, drill new hole, weld broke stud back in new drilled hole, and reinstall. Decided against using a thru bolted stud to have less holes. Jumped pump w/ battery on bench and all is well! My photobucket account has been a turd for months. I have photos but not sure on what other site to host photos from. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Tried Google photo and flickr but they suck.

 

[DirtDonk]

Have heard that too. You can upload as many hi-res as you want directly here for 12 bucks a year contributor status. Or you can start with just using your free "garage" function in your User CP setup.

But in lieu of that, just e-mail them to me, or direct to WH through the site.
Mine is paulb@wildhorses4x4.com and the general mailbox is sales@wildhorses4x4.com
Either will work, but I'd like to see 'em too. I'll pass them on even though you both seem to have dealt with the issue quickly.
Thanks for that! But thanks for bringing it up too, so we can see if there is anything to be done about it.

Paul

 

[albino]

I have photos but not sure on what other site to host photos from. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Tried Google photo and flickr but they suck.

This is what I use. http://imgdump4.novarata.net

Choose the picture, agree to terms of service, then upload.

Sometimes it takes a minute, but then your picture will show up with different embed codes of your choosing. I choose FORUM original size, and it will properly size the picture to fit in the forum post.

 

[Goody]

DirtDonk- emailed photos so u can pass it along.
Albino- Thanks brother! That was easier than PB!

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[albino]

Albino- Thanks brother! That was easier than PB!

No problem, glad to help.

Looks like you got it to work, but you might have added an extra unnecessary step. If done right, you won't see the IMG tags outside of your picture.

When choosing your embed code, just click "select all", then "copy", then paste that directly into your post. No need to add other IMG tags.

Hope that makes it even easier.


Thought about sending you a PM with this info, but wanted to post it in case others might want to use it.


Good luck with your tank, hopefully WH makes it right.

 

[Dawson410]

Thanks for heads up, fixing to install as well.

 

[DirtDonk]

Thanks for the pics. From the looks of it the smaller diameter stud on the ground could be just too weak after the welding is done maybe.
I wonder if the stud and module are plated before, or after the components are welded together? Looks like after (based on the top deformation of the spot welded area) but not sure.

I'm wondering why the separate inner and outer connections for the ground to begin with though.
Are they trying to avoid an additional pass-through and potential leak point if the welds were not done properly? I would think they could make that happen without leaks.
But seems like it would at least be stronger as a larger diameter. Those almost look to me as if they were surface mounted and spot welded, rather than had pre-drilled holes that the stud was stuffed into and then welded. But I'm not expert, so I'll leave that to them for now.

Thanks again for the pics and reports guys. Looks like we have some checking to do.

Paul