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Moved from the Swap Meet section:
Our Long Neglected 66 Coupe gas tank has decided its no good. I was trying to get it started the other day and no fuel was going to the fuel pump, and what dripped out smelled far worse than a refinery. I pulled the fuel filler neck and what was inside resembled road tar, turpentine, varnish and cow drippings.
I removed the tank and drained what was left and tried to clean the tank but gave up. I'm not a fan of boiling a tank and decided to find a decent replacement.
Besides the tank, the fuel sender is toast along with what I suspect is the entire fuel line and fuel pump. The carb is also ruined (almost new Holley Street Demon). Upon disassembly, the floats were not adjusted correctly and the gasket was not in line with the bowl (a common problem with this carb). The whole inside was tarred brown and gummy. I may try and resurrect it however.
One step forward, a dozen backwards.
So, I'm looking for a gas tank and sender in the Central Texas/ New Braunfels area. Any suggestions?
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To answer a couple of questions:
The car has been sitting for way too long, in total almost 20 years. It has been started periodically but not in the past year for a number of reasons. I have used Stabil but apparently it didnt do any good. I blame most of the problems on the Ethanol in the fuel.
The carb is a zero mile, 2 year old Holley Street Demon I bought from the Holley store. It has been run and it ran very well the last time I started it. I promptly went out in our pasture and did do-nuts until the cows stopped me (those curious enough to care). Since I tore it apart, I seriously doubt Holley would make any effort to warranty it for me, plus the tar in the inside meets the "proper fuel required" exclusion. Right now, its soaking in cleaner. I will try and straighten the top cover gasket. For what its worth, it looks EXACTLY like the one in this video: at the 9:40 minute mark. Even the floats were really out of wack, almost 3/8" different between them.
I'll accept a good used tank if its available within a reasonable driving distance of New Braunfels.
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Cjpony parts. New gas tank kit is $148. Free shipping.
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NEW tank......repeat after me......NEW TANK!!!
No kidd'in....they are dirt cheap and available from Mustangs Unlimited....NPD.....Dallas Mustangs(all of'em) plus...you can get one with a built in drain plug!
Larger tanks will fit in the stock hole in the trunk.
6sal6
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6sally6 wrote:
NEW tank......repeat after me......NEW TANK!!!
Larger tanks will fit in the stock hole in the trunk.
6sal6
I absolutely agree....NEW TANK will save you just all kinds of grief. And Yes, you can put a 20 or 22 gallon tank in a first gen car...I have a 22 in our 66...but you need to be ready to "customize" a filler neck. That said, it's a great upgrade even though you will loose an inch or two of trunk depth.
BB
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The larger tanks are such a common mod that the “custom” filler necks are now commercially available. Try CJ’s or MU.
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Hornman wrote:
The larger tanks are such a common mod that the “custom” filler necks are now commercially available. Try CJ’s or MU.
Now you tell me! Oh well, they probably want $20 bux or so for one and why would I spend that much when it only took me a day to make one from a stock unit that I paid only $10 for?
Duh...
BB
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Fuel filters are cheap, too. Might not have helped much if the car sat too long, but might help in the future.
And get rid of as much of the rubber hose as possible. Give me a call and I can come help build a custom steel line for the carb/fuel pump section.
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Thanks Steve. Before I retired, I was an instructor for high pressure gas steel lines. That one should be a piece of cake. I'll blow our the main fuel line with acetone and WD-40 before deciding on replacing it. One more notch in my to-do list.
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I would love to have a 22 gallon tank, but I'm one of the few that have the original tank still installed, dents and all. I thought briefly about installing the larger 22 gallon tank when we started going on Bash trips, but I did not want to interfere with the working relationship of the original Ford installed fuel sending unit, tank and gauge. The gauge is accurate.
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RV6 wrote:
I would love to have a 22 gallon tank, but I'm one of the few that have the original tank still installed, dents and all. I thought briefly about installing the larger 22 gallon tank when we started going on Bash trips, but I did not want to interfere with the working relationship of the original Ford installed fuel sending unit, tank and gauge. The gauge is accurate.
PLUS!!....... The smaller stock size tank is just about the right capacity for my "elderly-bladder-syndrome"
Lasics....its a wonderful drug.
6sal6
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