Well, the lines all look fine, no rust, and the one rubber line by the tank has a bit of discolouration on the inside, but it isn't removable. I really broke the bank on the new tank I just ordered, and I am left with $18 to to put in the tank when I get it. I have 1.5 cans of carb cleaner... and I figure spraying a crapload of that in the fuel line should get anything that will come off perhaps temporarily. I need to do a whole bunch more fuel system work, like that fuel switcher thing.. the fuel pump looks old as hell, so I think that might be something down the line, along with all the fuel lines and a carb rebuild. But, for now as long as the truck runs, and I don't have the clean fuel filters more than once a week, I am happy. This truck is definitely a project, and I am perfectly content with it.

 

OK,as long as they are clean inside,with the exception of some discoloration,they should be fine.

Leo

 

Glad to hear you dropped that tank. I meant to suggest you get a new tank instead of a used one, but someone else made the same point and you also heard the same advice from the junk yards. The $100 price tag sounds cheap to me; my used one was $95 and I had to fish it out of the pile ! It was in good shape however, and I haven't had any fuel problems for a while. Don't take the chance of infecting other fuel components with more rust and crud; change the fuel line and maybe consider upgrading to the next largest size depending on what engine you have and planned use of the vehicle. I had some fuel starvation issues with the stock lines, and installed either 3/8" or 7/16" (can't remember for sure but think it was the 7/16" I put in....). Anyway, no more supply problem.

Good luck.
JT

 

Holy potato mashers batman, a fresh tank of gas makes a huge difference! Haven't really driven the truck, but one trip outside of town I lay her out and that truck actually has some *****! Not sure if it really cured the problem [still not sure what was in the lines and such], but it definitely removed the source of the problem. My sending unit was garbage, and a new one is $70, so no fuel gauge.. but I've only had one car I didn't need to count miles, so it doesn't bother me. Do yourself a favor anyone who does this, don't cut the filler neck hose. You'll never find another one. I broke every bolt, but two [8 hitch bolts, all dead, one whole strap]. The fuel line on there is like 1/4" brake line tubing... it's definitely limiting the gas that truck needs... even if it is a 2bbl right? I want to run some seafoam through the truck.. I think that's tomorrow's doings. You can tell the carb is clogged.. it isn't snappy, even out of gear, and the idle is real lopey, but this only happened the last day i drove the truck real low on gas... i think I sucked in one piece too much IMO. Anyways... thanks for your help once again. Hopefully no more clogged fuel filters.

 

You can get that filler neck hose at a mine or marine supply store.Priecy,but obtainable.

Leo

 

I have had a 100% success rate so far in repairing fuel sending units. You can buy the brass float part if you need it. I usually end up carefully bending the tabs back on the little metal box, and find the problem. Most of the time the brass wiper has broke off, or is cracked and getting ready to break off. I have repaired all of them by soldering them back together. Then carefully closing the box back up and bending the tabs back with channel locks.

 

Naw, that thing was worse than that. The float had disintigrated, and upon sanding the arm clean it fell apart in my hand. Then I took it apart and it was solid rust inside... i mean just that whole case was little things of rust. I just took it all off, and threw it in the garbage. It's now just a tank seal and the pickup tube. No biggie... and I'll probably never drop that tank again.

 

I know it's been a while, just have a few more stupid questions .

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but this is my first carburetorated anything. Anyways, I picked up a carb kit for $20, and spent about 2-3hrs on it. There was as much rust in the carb as there was in the tank... good thing I did what I did, when I did. And upon float inspection, that was a wee bit messed up, the spring was gone and it was like stuck up didn't really move. Rebuild kit took care of it, but it was out of adjustment, and upon startup these two big holes would just pour out insane amounts of gas everywhere. I figured out the float was to blame and kept bending it until this stopped and then a tad bit more on top of that... just bc there seemed to be a lot of black smoke. My question is, now after that the truck cold/hot starts weird.. it either has to crank a while and kinda fires but you don't think it does and you have to rev it up a few times to get it idling properly... or if you pump and play with the throttle while cranking it will fire up much quicker but smokes upon startup [black, not blue, no oil consumption here ]. And recently upon finally fixing the filler neck properly, if I pump the gas twice it'll fire up about 90% perfect, but sounds a bit off right at first. But before the carb rebuild it would fire right up no throttle messing around. I'm not sure if this is normal? I didn't adjust anything in the rebuild, except the float. I'm still reading up on the adjusting stuff... and it's definitely in my short term plan.