Gas tank neck
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Gas tank neck
I have a 75 F-150 long box with a single gas tank in the back.
It's a bear filling the tank. Gas ruined the paint below the gas cap.
The nozzle on the gas pump hose will not stay in the neck.
It's necessary to hold the nozzle and reduce the flow.
I have considered raising the box an inch or two to improve the flow.
Any suggestions?
It's a bear filling the tank. Gas ruined the paint below the gas cap.
The nozzle on the gas pump hose will not stay in the neck.
It's necessary to hold the nozzle and reduce the flow.
I have considered raising the box an inch or two to improve the flow.
Any suggestions?
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I had similiar issues, especially with the gas running down the side after a fill up. Upon closer inspection I could see that the filler neck opening was mangled a little not allowing the gas cap to properly seal. I replaced it along with the hoses and I don't have those issues anymore. I'm not saying I can fill it up as easily as my '09 F150 but it's 20 times better than it was.
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Ck the condition of the large filler neck tube, is it collapsed? If so time to replace it.
As far as getting the nozzle to stay in by itself while refilling, you probably have the older large style leaded fuel filler neck, so forget it. Especially is the nozzle does not have the spring around it.
To at least be able to make it flow a little faster do the ol rotate upside down trick (the gas handle/nozzle) and you should be a little better. But yea you will have to still hold onto it.
As far as getting the nozzle to stay in by itself while refilling, you probably have the older large style leaded fuel filler neck, so forget it. Especially is the nozzle does not have the spring around it.
To at least be able to make it flow a little faster do the ol rotate upside down trick (the gas handle/nozzle) and you should be a little better. But yea you will have to still hold onto it.
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Vent hose taped to filler hose originally. If vent hose collapses, it makes these in-famous slow fill tanks...no fill tanks.
All 1973/79 Stylesides have slow fill tanks. Customers complained from the get-go, but there was nothing dealers do about it, as it has to do with the curvature of the fill tubes.
All 1973/79 Stylesides have slow fill tanks. Customers complained from the get-go, but there was nothing dealers do about it, as it has to do with the curvature of the fill tubes.
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