75 Fuel Tank Bladder
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75 Fuel Tank Bladder
Any advise out there as to removing the bladder form a 75-77 Gas Tank? Are they made of rubber and do they dry up and crack? Can the 75 reproduction tanks be used without the bladder. If so can it be detected by NCRS judging.
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Whenever I see this topic I always think of Paul (You out there Paul?) Borowski. 
He actually wrote an article on this topic that was published in the NCRS Restorer Magazine!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1950781-post6.html
dang! do a search under his name with keyword "bladder" and you get a few hundred hits.
Paul is da bladder King!
He actually wrote an article on this topic that was published in the NCRS Restorer Magazine! http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1950781-post6.html
dang! do a search under his name with keyword "bladder" and you get a few hundred hits.
Paul is da bladder King!
Last edited by PRNDL; Nov 26, 2008 at 06:17 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Whenever I see this topic I always think of Paul (You out there Paul?) Borowski. He actually wrote an article on this topic that was published in the NCRS Restorer Magazine!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1950781-post6.html
dang! do a search under his name with keyword "bladder" and you get a few hundred hits.
Paul is da bladder King!
He actually wrote an article on this topic that was published in the NCRS Restorer Magazine! http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1950781-post6.html
dang! do a search under his name with keyword "bladder" and you get a few hundred hits.
Paul is da bladder King!
...Hey Marc, thanks for the plug.
I've been "bladderless" since '94 and loving it although the Depends get expensive after awhile....how's North Carolina been treating ya'. See ya...
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12
......just neatly "cut away" the bladder to leave or make a gasket for the access panel to attach to the fuel tank. Save that "bladder material" too. It makes great jackstand pads, tool drawer lines, etc....at some point, just like urethane bumpers, eventually ALL '75-'77 bladders will collapse, just some sooner than others...
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I pulled my '75 tank last spring to check the bladder and it is like new and still tight to the walls of the tank. If yours still lays against the sides of the tank, I say leave it in until you notice a problem.
