| Lucky day lucky day [message #256371] |
Thu, 24 July 2014 11:06  |
kerry pinkerton
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Location: Harvest, Al
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I've been dreading dropping my tanks for months and months. The plan was to drop the tanks, replace all the fuel lines, add a second (not intank) electric pump and scrap the tank selector similar to Ken Henderson's setup. Also replace the body pads and run another vent line. I have the coach all lifted and supported and modified my hydraulic lift table so it will fit under the coach and support the tank. Got some fuel line and hooked it to the output of the electric pump and pumped all the gas I could out to my pickup. Worked great and was soon sucking air.
All my needed tools are out and placed where I can minimize my trips out from the coach.
The PO told me he had had this done but I expected that while I'm sure he paid to have it done, if the other work on the coach was any indication, they just took his money and told him it was good. Regardless, today was the day. To my amazement, the lines that were protected from road mud and dirt looked new. The tanks apparently were dropped and the hoses all replaced with Napa 4219LC which is an Ethanol rated line made by Gates. I even pulled out the generator and checked that line and it is also the 4219. Happy happy happy!
As a bonus, when I pulled the ground wire off the aux tank, the wire came off in my hand, a crimp on connector apparently wasn't crimped which probably explains why the fuel gauge on the aux tank was flakey. BONUS!
Replacing body pads are next. Off to Tractor Supply to get some horse mat.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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| Re: [GMCnet] Lucky day lucky day [message #256376 is a reply to message #256371] |
Thu, 24 July 2014 11:16  |
Sandra Price
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Nice news, Kerry. You must be living right!
Sandra and Bob Price
On Jul 24, 2014 11:07 AM, "Kerry Pinkerton" wrote:
> I've been dreading dropping my tanks for months and months. The plan was
> to drop the tanks, replace all the fuel lines, add a second (not intank)
> electric pump and scrap the tank selector similar to Ken Henderson's
> setup. Also replace the body pads and run another vent line. I have the
> coach
> all lifted and supported and modified my hydraulic lift table so it will
> fit under the coach and support the tank. Got some fuel line and hooked it
> to the output of the electric pump and pumped all the gas I could out to
> my pickup. Worked great and was soon sucking air.
>
> All my needed tools are out and placed where I can minimize my trips out
> from the coach.
>
> The PO told me he had had this done but I expected that while I'm sure he
> paid to have it done, if the other work on the coach was any indication,
> they just took his money and told him it was good. Regardless, today was
> the day. To my amazement, the lines that were protected from road mud and
> dirt looked new. The tanks apparently were dropped and the hoses all
> replaced with Napa 4219LC which is an Ethanol rated line made by Gates. I
> even
> pulled out the generator and checked that line and it is also the 4219.
> Happy happy happy!
>
> As a bonus, when I pulled the ground wire off the aux tank, the wire came
> off in my hand, a crimp on connector apparently wasn't crimped which
> probably explains why the fuel gauge on the aux tank was flakey. BONUS!
>
> Replacing body pads are next. Off to Tractor Supply to get some horse mat.
> --
> Kerry Pinkerton
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> North Alabama, near Huntsville,
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> 77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny also a 76
> Eleganza to be re-bodied as an Art Deco car hauler
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I had some serious fuel leaking problems and dropped both tanks. I too found that the PO had replaced the lines with what were probably ethanol-rated lines, but I went ahead and re-replaced them. Just as well since the line running back the the generator appeared to be original (and in bad shape). It turns out that the leak was due to one short piece of larger hose that had NOT been replaced when all the other lines had. I don't recall exactly where the hose was, other than it was on the left side near the hard line connections, and the hose was a unique (larger) size that whoever did the fuel lines previously probably didn't have laying around. Now I can fill the tanks at full flow, to the brim (the PO also replaced the chassis pads so the vent lines all work as they should).
