wildmanbaker wrote:
Didn't you have quite a bit of rust in the fuel filter when you changed it? To make it dependable, dropping the tank, either repairing the float level for the gas gage, or replacing the fuel pump assembly. You need to clean the rust out of the tank. Dropping the tank is really not that hard. You can use a floor jack with a 2 x 12 4 foot long to support the tank while lowering it. Of course, the less fuel you have in it the easer it will be to work with. If it wasn't for the rust and the float not working, I would suggest installing an external fuel pump.
Good luck.
I agree, in a perfect world dropping the tank is easy and the way to go. However, I'll have to deal with a bunch of heavily rusted fasteners. I'm not worried about them breaking, these nuts and bolts are huge, but they'll be tough to take apart with hand tools. That's why I'm trying to wait until I get back to Texas next winter where I have the power tools and a nice place to do the work. Right now the darned tanks also got about 60 gallons of fuel in it. I currently carry two spare gas line filters. I hope the line in the tank doesn't become too clogged, however I'm also carrying a small tank of nitrogen, a regulator, and air hose that I can use to the back flush the line in the event that happens.
