forum attendees--the "filter assm" the fits on the bottom of the fuel intake tube on the sending unit,,inside the tank,,is still available---part number E5TZ-9J306-BA..new at ford,,,23.00,, wholesale--just picked one up--dont want to use a piece of fuel hose,,thats just me--
tank screen or sock
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icanfixall
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Thats good information. I have some hose on my front tank pickup and when I dropped my rear tank I found the shower head screen in many pieces. So I too had a new screen so I installed it. I had the tank up ready to bolt it back in place and thought... what the hell am I doing.... Even though the screen shower head was new just how long would it last....
So I dropped the tank and installed a piece of hose. Now I know I will never have a suction issue there again. I never did like leaving a 1/4 tank of fuel because the pickup was broken off. I can't count how many times I ran out of fuel at 1/4 tank in the early days of ownership only to learn 12 gallons would fill my tank up...... sure got over that issue with some knowledge....
So I dropped the tank and installed a piece of hose. Now I know I will never have a suction issue there again. I never did like leaving a 1/4 tank of fuel because the pickup was broken off. I can't count how many times I ran out of fuel at 1/4 tank in the early days of ownership only to learn 12 gallons would fill my tank up...... sure got over that issue with some knowledge....Thats good information. I have some hose on my front tank pickup and when I dropped my rear tank I found the shower head screen in many pieces. So I too had a new screen so I installed it. I had the tank up ready to bolt it back in place and thought... what the hell am I doing.... Even though the screen shower head was new just how long would it last....
well--you got to fig--how long did it take to break up???? and some never did--sooooo, you would think,,they made the newer ones of better material--ford changed materials from time to time,,when problems arose--
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jonathan
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they are known to fall off real quick sometimes a month latter
FALL OFF,,and breaking up--are two entirely different things,,correct??????? ANDDDDDd,if a small clamp is put at the top,it will NEVER fall off.....tho it might break up,,CORRECT????
jonathan
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they fall off and break. there are know for doing both. i must likely will break
Brianedwardss
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Mine was in perfect visual shape, but I was still running out at 1/4 tank. After further investigation, it ended up being the diaphram thingy on the shower head piece. I replaced it with a rubber hose, and can use 99.*% of the tank. Much better!
bigblue85
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how long of a hose did you guys use??
Brianedwardss
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Here's my front tank. You can see the showerhead was still intact
bigblue85
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mine looks nothing line that its just a single tube with no showerhead
Brianedwardss
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Is it just the metal tube, nothing else?
bigblue85
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everything is there just has a longer rubber hose than yours and no second tube that the float is hooked to that is part of the single tube on the left of yours
Brianedwardss
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Hmm, don't have an explanation for that unless someone modified one from a gasser.
bigblue85
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might be think it makes a difference that it came out of an 83?
Brianedwardss
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Well, you've only got one tube, where's the return line fuel going?? Surely it's not just ******* in from the top of the tank
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