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    Dear Napa,

    ford dealer isnt much better. I called and asked for olives on the fuel lines at the FF head. they had the 3/8 inlet but said the 5/16 outlet I'd have to buy the whole fuel line... I looked up the part number on the web and called back, oh the next town over has 1.called that dealership, no...
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    84 f350 diesel fuel line and electrical drama

    thanks to type4 for getting me the olives and return lines! they showed up today and now we are running again! all the fuel lines from the front tank and just past the FSV have been replaced, a new lock ring and gasket for the front tank,a new WIX water seperator and base, and a new WIX fuel...
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    o-ring for fuel sending unit

    thanks for that, so the addon hose should be at most 3" past the clamp! I also ordered the Wix 24770 Filter Mounting Base, Amazon.com LLC Wix 33439 Spin-On Fuel and Water Separator Filter, Amazon.com LLC total for both was $47.34
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    o-ring for fuel sending unit

    Autozone has the lockring and o-ring in dorman #579-003 pricey at $15 they also said they had about 20 different sock filters and I'm going to see if one of them can be adapted to work with the addon fuel hose does anyone know the correct length of addon hose to replace the showhead? +1...
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    o-ring for fuel sending unit

    Thanks a bunch, that helps! Whats this add on your talking about? mine has a piece of fuel line clamped at the end, is that the add on? Has anyone used a sock on there to prefilter whats being sucked up? also i noticed it was prety hard to blow into the return, some kind of tiny wedge filter on...
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    o-ring for fuel sending unit

    well I pulled my fuel tank today because it was dripping fuel when full. I expected to find a rusted out sending unit or locking ring, but everything looked ok. ( no rust) there is NO shower head on the end of the sending unit and it's not in the tank either. I have a 4" piece of fuel line at...
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    o-ring for fuel sending unit

    are you saying I have to go to a salvage yard for an o-ring? really?
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    o-ring for fuel sending unit

    where can I get on of these for my front tank big square cut oring 1984 F350 6.9l sending unit is a E3TF-9275-AC thanks Paul
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    84 f350 diesel fuel line and electrical drama

    ok, so I got the front tank out today. I can't see any damage as to why it was leaking, other than the big oring under the sending unit is pretty crusty and old. the sending unit has the ford logo and E3TF-9275-AC there wasn't a shower head on the pick up and I siphoned ALL the fuel outa the...
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    COLLECTION for TIming meter PROBE for Gary...come n join the list!

    riotwarrior Al $20.00 NEW CANADIAN BILL...ROFL...plastic money Dave Barbieri Dave Barbieri $10.00 jwoods99 Jim $10.00 justinray Justin $10.00 ziggyman John $10.00 GOOSE John $10.00 subway Jared $10.00 dgr David $40.00 MOWOG Jim R $10.00 cbarm Chris $10.00 idi_econoline Rich...
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    Dissapointed In Timing Meter Condition

    is this the probe? http://www.costplustools.com/Kent-Moore-J-33300-20A-MAGNETIC-PICK-UP-PROBE_p_9182.html
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    84 f350 diesel fuel line and electrical drama

    Wyreth, thanks for confirning the mystery nipple in the FF head. I've updated my PM to Typ4 to include the return line kit with the olives, and have been studying RavenTBK's excelent writeup on replacing those return lines. I read the info on the water seperator link you mentioned, but...
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    84 f350 diesel fuel line and electrical drama

    I updated this thread with some pictures. th first one shows my 6.9 fuel filter housing and heater line the second is a closeup of the fuel filter housing that shows the nipple that's caped off (what is this and where is it supposed to be hooked up?) the third pic is the old water seperator...
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    HELP ebay retards

    that's funny.. a Powerstroke IDI!! what will they think of next. I sent him a message and told him to google or at least try wiki on the tag he has :)
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    84 f350 diesel fuel line and electrical drama

    Wy, thanks for the reply! olives huh :) ok that turned up a bunch of posts. I'll be getting some of those from Type4 hopefully. I'm afraid I didn't make myself clear as this one DOES have the heater in the fuel line from lift pump to fuel filter. this is the one that has the disintegrated...

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