I just replaced my gas tank but I need to find the filler hose. I dont understand exactly what I need, I know there is the outer rubber house and the inner plastic hose but cant seem to find much information on where i can buy these parts new or if I even need the inner hose. Does anybody have any experience with this?

 

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Please, when asking questions, list all the pertinent details.

What year is the truck, what series? Which tank did you replace, mid-ship (in front of the L/R wheel) or aft axle (behind the L/R wheel)? Is it a plastic or steel tank? Styleside pickup?

One neoprene rubber filler hose does not fit all...and on some, the hose is not available by itself, as Ford only supplied it with fuel filler tube.

 

The inner hose serves as a vent to let the air escape as it's replaced by incoming gasoline. Without it, fill-ups can take 30 minutes.

 

Or even longer if you have a 1973/79, cuz the filler necks have sharp curves, the separate vent hoses can collapse if not taped to the filler hoses.

So, it could take over an hour just to fill one tank, cuz almost as much gas sloshes out, as you're tryin' to put it in, I kid you not.

With gas at 4 bucks a gallon, it could cost 30-50% more to fill one tank, unless you get your sponge out, use it to sop up the sloshed gas layin' on the pavement.

 

I have an 85 f150 long bed, replaced the midship tank with a steel tank, Where can I buy the needed part, doesnt seem like LMC, NPD, or any of my other usual companies have them.

 

E1TZ-9047-C .. Fuel Filler Hose-Styleside Pickups / Use with mid-ship fuel tank / Marked: E1TA-CA / Obsolete

Applications: 1981/83 F100 / 1981/89 F150 / 1981/89 F250/350 without DRW, without two piece filler tube.

Last MSRP: $60.29 / Dealer net cost: $40.19.

MEREDITH MOTOR CO. in Meredith NH has 1 = 603-279-4521.

TASCA FORD in Cranston RI has 1 = 401-681-1360.

LINDSEY FORD in Wheaton MD has 1 = 301-949-4060.

BEASLEY FORD-LINCOLN in York PA has 1 = 717-755-2911.

DOTTS MOTOR CO. in Clearfield PA has 1 = 814-765-9681.

ADAMSON FORD in Birmingham AL has 2 = 205-271-4700.

VINTAGE PARTS in Beaver Dam WI has 82 = 877-846-8243.

Call around for the best price, obsolete parts prices can vary wildly from one source to another.

 

get a filler from a late 80's truck.it's a different style .only mod is to get rid of inner metal tube in gas tank inlet(holds the little inner flexible plastic tube).i just carefully used visegrips and small prybar to work the spotwelds loose.older style has inner tube as breather and outer metal as filler but newer is reversed with the bigger inner as fill.WAY faster fill now

 

I replaced the tank's on my 86'. I ordered the filler neck from LMC and it fit just fine, Everything else i got from the local parts store's.