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

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes and it's very easy to replace without removing the tank. At least on 
the B bodies. Mine was a snap. About 5 minutes!

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Dodger7998@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> the fuel sock comes out with the sender,,,,, there is a lock ring 
> holding  
> the sender in, just tap the ring with a brass drift pin and it will come 
> off 
> and  sender and pickup tube comes out of tank for replacement
>  
>  
> In a message dated 3/11/2011 11:03:33 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
> waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> 
> 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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Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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