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Mon, 09 March 2015 11:46  |
kerry pinkerton
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Harvest, Al
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The MAIN purpose of my trip to Ken Henderson's a couple weeks back was to fix a fuel leak when the tanks were full. Turned out to be a weeping fuel filler elbow so I ordered them from Applied and told Jim I wanted to pay for overnight. Unfortunately, Jim forgot and shipped them two day and then USPS didn't meet their delivery date and they did not arrive till day three. By then I had made some temporary hoses from radiator hoses and driven home. The good news is that the shipping charge was reversed by USPS because they screwed up.
Ken H mailed me the hoses and I've been dreading trying to get them on without dropping the tanks again. Today is the least rainy day of the week so today was the day.
I turned the coach around and drove the drivers side up on ramps, lifted it as high as the bags would put it and dropped the other side to get as much gas away from the filler neck as possible. I then eased the drain plug out to see if any gas came out and when it didn't I knew I wasn't going to get another face full of gas. My gauges showed about 3/4 full.
The secret for me was taking loose the clamps that hold the steel fuel filler line in place. That gives you an extra half inch. The front tank hose was a beaich but I put some white lube on the inside of the hose and pried with some big screwdrivers and got it on the tank, then pried some more and got a lip over the filler tube. A bit of work with a bent cotter key puller and it slid on.
The rear elbow was easy. Again, the white lube made it slide into position much easier. Tighten up all the clamps including the frame to steel line clamps and the tanks are done...about an hour start to finish once the coach was in position and in the air.
I had ordered the front hose below the drivers seat also and changed it but once I got it out, it was obvious it had been recently changed. Oh well, I'll put it on the Kingsley.
Once again, the dreading of the job was much worse than the actual doing of it. All in all done, 2 hours including positioning and jacking. 
Check your hoses. Ken's front hose was in really, really bad shape with lots of cracks that appeared to be pretty deep.
Next project.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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