How do you find a gas tank leak?
Raise the vehicle and support it on jack stands. Using a flashlight, trace the fuel lines from the tank to the engine. Look for evidence of the leak, to include spots with a greater accumulation of dust and road grime, wet spots or streaks and clean spots where the fuel washed away all of the grime.
Can you use JB Weld on plastic fuel tank?
J-B Weld is The Original Cold Weld two-party epoxy system that provides strong, lasting repairs to many surfaces. Iron & Stainless Steel, Copper & Brass, Aluminum & Broonze, Fiberglass and Plastic & PVC.
What kind of transmission did Utilimaster UMC aeromate step van have?
It was a 91 or 92 model. Amazingly we never replaced the transmission. The rear axles are a torsion bar and box affair straight out of trailer supply catalogue fitted with caravan spindels and brakes. Driving it loaded (as usual) beat you to death as the rear of the van bounced up and down like a pogo stick.
Is the UMC aeromate a minivan drive train?
Yes, the UMC Aeromate has a Chrysler minivan drive train up there, which allows for a low floor and light weight. And a long nose.. It’s hard to find much info on these; at least good factual info. One guy on the web claims they were built by Harley-Davidson.
Is the aeromate the same as the kubvan?
The Aeromate concept is virtually identical to the Grumman KubVan: a compact, aluminum mini-stepvan, with an automotive FWD drive train up front. In the case of the Kubvan, it used a VW diesel Rabbit drive train. That was in 1983 or , almost a decade before the Aeromate. Only 500 KubVans were ever built, and less than 100 remain.
What kind of engine does a Utilimaster aeromate have?
These came in both four and six cylinder versions. presumably the four was Chrysler’s 2.5 (or possibly 2.2), and hooked up to the three-speed Torqueflite transaxle. The six was the 3.3 V6, which might have come with the same three speed automatic or possibly the four-speed, a very troubled gearbox in its early years.