Friggin pissed......
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MrMoparCHP
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How many times do I have to tell you to buy one...
It should be factored into the purchase price of the car and acquired soon after you get the car home.
I have them for all my cars and even the ones I sold (anybody need a full set of 1999 Sebring JXi books?)
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I like the ones on cd print out the section your working on and when it gets all greasy just throw away and reprint or if job goes well and pages remain pristine put in folder after you rebuild entire car like most of us are doing you will have a paper copy and a cd.
66SportFury
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Well, unable to get a sock for a 66 Fury, I decided to get one for a 1983 Monte Carlo. It just needs to be modified and a small hose clamp needs to be used to fasten it to my sender.
For those of you who have these older cars and use steel fuel filters, I would suggest the next time you change your filter/filters,..is to cut them in half to look inside to make sure you don't have the same issue going on like mine did. I couldn't believe how much rust/dirt was in it only after 25 miles of use.
For those of you who have these older cars and use steel fuel filters, I would suggest the next time you change your filter/filters,..is to cut them in half to look inside to make sure you don't have the same issue going on like mine did. I couldn't believe how much rust/dirt was in it only after 25 miles of use.
67Monaco
Old Man with a Hat
Socks are about 3/4 of the way down the page. Used the 5/16 on my '67.
http://www.jimsautoparts.com/fuelpart.htm
http://www.jimsautoparts.com/fuelpart.htm
66SportFury
Senior Member
Done and not pissed anymore!!!!
I went to the local parts store to pick up the sock and it wasn't even close to what I would need. I'm not going to bother with a sock. I'm running 2 filters anyway. Going to leave it out. I ended up using small stones inside with a mild acid to clean the inside. I spent about an hour just rocking the tank back and forth by hand. The stones acted like course sand paper inside. After getting the stones out, I flushed it with water, then I fired up the pressure washer and use a power tip inside the tank. Spent a half hour with the pressure washer inside the tank. I got every bit of **** out of it. Fuel tank is now spotless inside and out. Fresh coat of paint, and It came out really nice. It's ready to be installed and filled with V-Power.
BTW, wife is not happy about the tank being in our sun room!!..LMAO.....! She'll get over it.
I went to the local parts store to pick up the sock and it wasn't even close to what I would need. I'm not going to bother with a sock. I'm running 2 filters anyway. Going to leave it out. I ended up using small stones inside with a mild acid to clean the inside. I spent about an hour just rocking the tank back and forth by hand. The stones acted like course sand paper inside. After getting the stones out, I flushed it with water, then I fired up the pressure washer and use a power tip inside the tank. Spent a half hour with the pressure washer inside the tank. I got every bit of **** out of it. Fuel tank is now spotless inside and out. Fresh coat of paint, and It came out really nice. It's ready to be installed and filled with V-Power.
BTW, wife is not happy about the tank being in our sun room!!..LMAO.....! She'll get over it.
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67Monaco
Old Man with a Hat
Did you line the inside?
66SportFury
Senior Member
I didn't bother with lining it. There is a baffle that sits on the bottom of the tank, that sits off the bottom like an 1/8 inch so the fuel runs under it over it. I figured if if lined it that wouldn't work any longer! If this happens again with the rust issue in will pull the tank and put in a fuel cell.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I never thought of that aspect. That is an excellent point to remember.
polara71
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Looks excellent
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Good work, I hope you have no more issues.
66SportFury
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Thanks man, yeah that baffle is important to slow down the fuel on acceleration and deceleration and sloshing around the tank!!. I was going to line the tank until I saw that inside. My car is not going to be a show car by no means. It's a car that I want to build the way I want to build it, so with that said, if the tank turns to **** again and it probably will in a year or so, I will pull it and put in a 20 gallon fuel cell and be done with it. The only reason I don't do it now, is because I just don't want to spend the money on it right now. I need the cash for the engine upgrades happening this winter.
Thanks everyone, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
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