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Yup, new fuel line is about the cheapest part you'll buy for your old truck. I put a large see through plastic filter on mine. I've heard the glass ones are a bad idea, especially in the engine compartment. My parts guy says they can cause fires if they're hot and you hit a puddle of water which can cause them to break apart.
On another note I once had a tractor that wasn't getting enough gas. This shouldn't happen too easily on a gravity fed system so it was obviously some kind of obstruction. Turned out the gas tank was full of little rocks. All my boys pled innocent so I guess I must have done it.
On another note I once had a tractor that wasn't getting enough gas. This shouldn't happen too easily on a gravity fed system so it was obviously some kind of obstruction. Turned out the gas tank was full of little rocks. All my boys pled innocent so I guess I must have done it.
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From: New England
Why clean? Why not replace?
Just curious since you have to pull the tank in either case. I had to replace a 'cleaned' tank recently in my Mustang because of all of the rust. In addition, I notice that many replace the original tank with another in the back. Is this just a tank size issue?
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From: Riverside, So Cal
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For most people, moving the tank from the cab to behind the rear end has to do with weight transfer and/or more room in the cab. Others just feel it is safer not to be sitting on the gas tank. Generally, the same (18 gal) capacity is easy to duplicate. More than that isn't too difficult. Filling is easily done thru the bed floor or can be routed to a rear fender. An electric fuel pump located near the rear tank is also a good idea to push the fuel to the motor rather than ask the stock mechanical pump to suck the fuel from 10 feet away.
Here's an excellent article on how to do it:
http://www.clubfte.com/users/jniolon...ustangtank.htm
For most people, moving the tank from the cab to behind the rear end has to do with weight transfer and/or more room in the cab. Others just feel it is safer not to be sitting on the gas tank. Generally, the same (18 gal) capacity is easy to duplicate. More than that isn't too difficult. Filling is easily done thru the bed floor or can be routed to a rear fender. An electric fuel pump located near the rear tank is also a good idea to push the fuel to the motor rather than ask the stock mechanical pump to suck the fuel from 10 feet away.
Here's an excellent article on how to do it:
http://www.clubfte.com/users/jniolon...ustangtank.htm
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Well I finally got around to removing the tank the other day I would have done it sooner but life gets in the way if you know what I mean. At any rate, I looked inside the tank after I emptied out the gas and sure enough there was alot of gunk and even a piece of red foil piled up right where the gas line is soldered onto the base of the tank. Now I just had the tank steamed and sealed so I brougt it back to the place where I had it done and had the guy take a look at it. He said it's the 2nd time he seen this in 15yrs. He's gonna clean it up and it will be ready today hopefully this is the culprit and it does the trick. I spoke to the guy I bought the truck from and he had just replaced the lines about a year and a half ago they looked pretty good so i'm keeping the same lines. I was wondering if the gas line that's soldered inside the tank has a screen? It sure looked as if the gas just gets sucked in through a hole at the bottom of the line and there's no screen visible unless it was covered in gunk.
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Sure enough a nice chunk of rust was lodged in the gas line inside the tank. I reinstalled the tank last night and she ran solid for a half hour with no issues. Now onto the brakes.
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Did you have the tank coated after cleaning? Unless you did, you can probably expect to repeat this exercise every so often. The old tanks didn't have a serious anti-rust metal coating and cleaning them will just expose fresh metal to re-start the process.
It's kind of unsettling that you found a "chunk" of rust, think about where it must have come from.... sounds like somewhere, there is a section of tank that's pretty thin.
It's kind of unsettling that you found a "chunk" of rust, think about where it must have come from.... sounds like somewhere, there is a section of tank that's pretty thin.
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Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1
Did you have the tank coated after cleaning? Unless you did, you can probably expect to repeat this exercise every so often. The old tanks didn't have a serious anti-rust metal coating and cleaning them will just expose fresh metal to re-start the process.
It's kind of unsettling that you found a "chunk" of rust, think about where it must have come from.... sounds like somewhere, there is a section of tank that's pretty thin.
It's kind of unsettling that you found a "chunk" of rust, think about where it must have come from.... sounds like somewhere, there is a section of tank that's pretty thin.
thanks.
