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Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: [message #325338 is a reply to message #325337]

Mon, 23 October 2017 15:15

Richard Denney

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There is a third hose on each tank for venting the tank during operation.
It has its own barb fitting. The two on the sending unit go to the fuel
pump and to the fill vent.

Rick "not recalling on stock tanks where that vent barb is located, but
it's definitely on top" Denney

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:52 PM Emery Stora wrote:

> There are no rubber hoses in the tank. They attach to the metal fuel pick
> up line which is part of the level indicator float assembly. This fits into
> the top of the tank with a flange and gasket that turns to seal it.
>
> There are two hoses. One is fuel pickup. The other is a vent line.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Frederick, CO
>
>> On Oct 23, 2017, at 12:48 PM, slc wrote:
>>
>> RF_Burns wrote on Sat, 21 October 2017 09:27
>>> In 2010 while the GMC was on the hoist waiting for the engine to be
> rebuilt, I had the tanks dropped and all the fuel lines changed.
>>>
>>> X CUT X Back home I dropped the tanks and found the fuel out line
> on the top of the tank had deteriorated, hard and cracked after only 4
>>> years. The hose was SAE 30R7 with a date code of 2007.
>>>
>>> X CUT X
>>> I'd drop the tanks, check for rust inside and the condition of the
> socks. then replace the lines above the tanks too. Put new seals on the
>>> senders because the ethanol will eat that rubber too. Don't forget to
> replace the short filler hose pieces before they start leaking.
>>
>>
>> ******
>>
>> Are the fuel pick up hoses inside the tanks rubber??? Is there a way
> to make them steel? How do you seal where the metal line comes through the
>> tank?
>> With todays ethanol fuels, it seems silly not to use metal in the tank,
> doesn't it???
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> slc
>> Gatsbys' Cruiser
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		PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: GatsbysCruise on Thu, 19 October 2017 21:11
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: Ken Burton on Fri, 20 October 2017 00:31
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: Justin Brady on Fri, 20 October 2017 08:46
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: GatsbysCruise on Fri, 20 October 2017 11:38
		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: Emery Stora on Fri, 20 October 2017 12:31
		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: GatsbysCruise on Fri, 20 October 2017 17:10
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		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: USAussie on Sat, 21 October 2017 04:16
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: GatsbysCruise on Mon, 23 October 2017 13:38
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: RF_Burns on Sat, 21 October 2017 09:27
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: GatsbysCruise on Sat, 21 October 2017 12:09
		[GMCnet] Metal lines for fuel By: Emery Stora on Sat, 21 October 2017 12:33
		Re: [GMCnet] Metal lines for fuel By: GatsbysCruise on Sat, 21 October 2017 14:13
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: GatsbysCruise on Mon, 23 October 2017 13:48
		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: emerystora on Mon, 23 October 2017 14:51
		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: Richard Denney on Mon, 23 October 2017 15:15
		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: powerjon on Mon, 23 October 2017 15:29
		Re: PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: RF_Burns on Sat, 21 October 2017 12:41
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		Re: [GMCnet] PowerLossProblem - Gatsbys' Cruiser is ending the year on a good note: By: Keith V on Wed, 25 October 2017 11:54

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