How to access the fuel tank, 64 Plymouth Sport Fury b body

[Butch Edison <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for that Dodger. There is something there (flap) for sure. I put my
"seasnake" scope in there to look and got it caught, just about never got it
out. I had to brace it open with an socket extension to keep from pinching
off my siphon hose. I was looking carefully at the front end of the tank,
could see one connection for the fuel line, another for the fuel sensor, but
could not figure out how to actually access the inside of the tank, if I
were to have to ever replace the "fuel sock" or float. If what I'm saying
doesn't make sense, I can post a photo somewhere for you to look at.
Thanks/Butch/Ferndale, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Pettigrew [mailto:dodger7998@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:12 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Contaminated Fuel Issue?



I have had over a dozen tanks out and never found any anti splash  device 
in them that being said will continue,,,yes remove the carb completely  and 
at least blow out all of the orifices, and as far as the hose fitting,  
unless it is a terrible fit, am sure that a hose clamp will take care of  
things,,,,,,,, kind of doubt that your dual point is defective,  you had
stated 
that after you got the old gas cleaned out of the secondaries of the carb  
that it worked, sounds like more of an issue with contamination from the
tank  
being low on fuel, you might want to consider also installing another inline

 filter at the tank while your replacing the existing  hose 
jm2cw


Questions: 



1. My parts store guy  told me that if this doesn't cure the problem, I 
should take the carb apart,  empty the floats ( float bowls maybe), clean
the 
carb thoroughly, try it again.  Does this mean just taking the top off the 
carb while it's still mounted to the  manifold or should I take it
completely 
off? Thoughts? Advice? The last time I  did something like this was about 45

years ago. 



2. I noticed  that the metal tube coming off the gas tank to the rubber 
fuel line is 5/16" OD  while the metal fuel line OD is 3/8". I had some new 
3/8" rubber fuel line to  replace the old (probably original) rubber line
that 
joins the gas tank to the  solid fuel line, but didn't use it because it 
just felt too loose. The solid  5/16" line coming off the fuel tank does
have a 
double flare on the end, so  maybe I'm just being paranoid, that a 3/8" 
rubber hose rated for gas is just  fine? Appreciate any comments. 



So, my plan to so eliminate fuel  as an issue, going the route I described. 
If that doesn't work, I'll reinstall  the single point distributor and see 
if that fixes things. If that doesn't  work, well I'm not going there just 
yet. 



Thanks all. Appreciate  the forum and the sound advice we can get here. 
/Butch/ Ferndale,  WA
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