Re: Tim's '55 Patrician
Posted by Tim Wile On 2012/2/6 8:16:20
Despite the colder weather, I managed to put a few hours in the garage working on the Patrician's fuel system. Thus far, everything checked out from the fuel pump back to the fuel tank. It was the tank that was the problem! When I disconnected the fuel line from the mechanical fuel pump and ran compressed air through the fuel line, I could hear the distinct hissing coming from the fuel tank, but no bubbling, despite the fact that the tank had about three to four gallons of fuel in it. Not a good sign. I fear that the fuel pick-up line in the tank has corroded somewhere, probably at the bend, and, hence, my fuel problem. At least I found out that the fuel line itself was not blocked. Some sort of silver lining, at least.
I have reconciled myself to once again dropping the fuel tank and replacing it with another I purchased a few months ago that checks out pretty good -- so far. The fly in the ointment, so to speak, is removing the remaining fuel from the existing tank since the drain plug is thoroughly stuck. Despite several blasts of PB Blaster and some gentle tapping with a ball pein hammer, the drain plug remains firmly in place. On top of that, as a result of the cold weather, the plastic syphon hose that I have doesn't seem to be working to help remove the fuel from the tank. I suspect that I'll simply have to drop the tank with the fuel in it and work from there.
When I install the replacement fuel tank, I'll probably install the new sender unit that I picked up on eBay a while back, just to prevent yet another unpleasant surprise.
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