Hi all,

Bought a 1995 F350 Powerstroke a couple of weeks back with 240k miles. The guy I bought it from told me that the rear tank wouldn't hold fuel. With plans to remove the tank and replace it with another I've removed the bed, accessed the old tank and removed it. I also removed the sending unit from the top and wanted to make sure that they fuel pump worked since it had been years (lots of penetrating oil on rust for hours) since the tank had seen action. I am including 2 pictures (from each side) that I took of the sending unit and device, attached below. Have a few questions.

1. Is this the stock assembly? In the video's and messages I've seen on this board etc., the pump looks much smaller on the one I removed. It only has one wire as an example going to the pump.
A. If stock, is there anything missing from it that I should pick up?
2. Is there a way to test the pump before putting everything back together?
3. I bought a new Spectra Premium F1G tank on Amazon to replace the old one. Is there anything else I should consider before attaching the old assembly and putting it all back together?

Many thanks in advance!

Andrew

 

Diesels do not have an in-tank pump from the factory. No pump in your picture either.

Rusty

 

Thanks, Rusty! I appreciate the help.

Andrew

 

That is the stock fuel pickup and float assembly you have pictured, and looks to be compleat. As stated the diesel powered trucks don't have in tank fuel pumps. While you have the assemblly out, you might want to plug it in and move the float arm up and down wile the key is in the run position and check the fuel gauge to see if the float is reading correctly.

 

Thank you, farmert. Great suggestion on the test in run position. I will do that to make sure that it's reading.

 

Did you drop the tank out the bottom of the frame, or take it out the top of the frame?

 

I dropped it out from the bottom, didn't see a good way out of the top.

 

Is this a 4x4 truck? If so, there's a better way to hang it. The tank sitting right on the skid plates is what rusts it out. Use longer bolts (or studs), spacers, extra nuts and washers. Hang the tank with the straps used on the 2WD trucks. Then slide the spacers on, then hang the skid plates and attach with the extra washers and nuts. This leaves an air space between the tank and the plates, so road crud won't collect and rust the tank out. Prime and paint the tank, straps, skid plates, grind the rust off that plate for the sender/pickup and prime/paint. You might find that the new o-ring is too thick to work with the lock ring, so hang onto the old o-ring. Looks like you've already figured out the quick-release for the lines.

 

It is a 4WD truck. You have some great suggestions, I'd like to learn more about how the 2WD straps work, is there a picture? Can I modify the ones I have?

 

You don't have any straps. The skid plates are holding the tank directly. That is why the tank rusts. Straps for the 2WD are Spectra ST16; coulda gotten them shipped free with the tank from Amazon. A little cheaper at RockAuto, but shipping might swamp that. FLAPS might have them, $30-ish. Another place you might try for price is hardpartsfast.com .

Those straps go right where your skid plates go now. So you drop in longer bolts (or use studs), then put the tank up using the straps. Then slip the spacers on over the bolts, then a set of washers, then the skid plates, and finally another set of washers and nuts to hold the plates up.

 

Thanks, madpogue! Done, picked up the straps on Amazon. Appreciate the suggestions.