Fuel Tank Selector Valve?

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Sep 12, 2005 | 07:27 PM

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baitmaster

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From: nevada

always another way

Once on a 3 state trip, my truck died on the freeway. Thinking right away that the electric valve quit, I soon found out that the filter (screen) on the tank pickup was plugged. So I grabbed an empty milk jug and siphoned some out of the full tank and dumped it into the empty one. Got me back to town. I had a friend that had a fuel pump die, and had to run a hose to the carb with a boat tank on the cab roof. his buddy used a vice grip to regulate the flow. Prob a jerky ride but it went down the road.

Sep 12, 2005 | 07:53 PM

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WillyB

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From: Near Fresno, California

Yea, I saw an old chevy truck one time with the hood in the bed and a 5 gallon gas can wired high up on the firewall, feeding gas directly to the carb. Their fuel pump had failed in the middle of nowhere.

I came home from way out in the desert near El Paso Texas using the waistband of my shorts as a fan belt on an flathead V8 - turned the waterpumps just enough to keep it from overheating.

When you need to, you will do about anything to get home!

Frankly, I would have fired the guys Beemer is talking about - at least the second time it happened and they called for a tow without trying to do something to get the truck moving again.

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Sep 12, 2005 | 11:12 PM

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"Beemer Nut"

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WillyB, then it becomes a racial item "No Can Do" unless you want more trouble than they cause. Sometimes (many) ya got to bite the bullet, as they say welcome to Amerika.
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