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Post by jackedup on Aug 29, 2013 13:53:50 GMT -5
No tank never leaked, my O-ring seal failed. No big deal I will just eliminate the O-ring and gas and oil the pump in for the next run. Its funny cuz I saw four other people have the same issue with their tanks this year.
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Post by cw09 on Jul 6, 2014 20:39:37 GMT -5
the Ford truck inline pumps are about $40 at Rock Auto, I bought one of those and strapped it to the handle of a conventional plastic boat tank. Added a return hose to the tank and it worked great. What year of ford truck? Also, what is the psi rating? My boat tank the lid section is too small to fit a fuel pump into it and I don't really want to cut apart a boat tank. |
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Post by C4 on Jul 6, 2014 21:25:19 GMT -5
the Ford truck inline pumps are about $40 at Rock Auto, I bought one of those and strapped it to the handle of a conventional plastic boat tank. Added a return hose to the tank and it worked great. What year of ford truck? Also, what is the psi rating? My boat tank the lid section is too small to fit a fuel pump into it and I don't really want to cut apart a boat tank. If you intend to use a boat tank for a fuel injected car.....even if you use an inline pump, you will still need a hole in the tank for a return line. |
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Post by cw09 on Jul 6, 2014 21:33:18 GMT -5
Yes of course. I already have a boat tank that has a return line. I ran a contour in the past where the pump fit through the hole and ran it that way. I want to run something where it's not flopping inside of the tank.
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Post by C4 on Jul 7, 2014 1:36:19 GMT -5
Yes of course. I already have a boat tank that has a return line. I ran a contour in the past where the pump fit through the hole and ran it that way. I want to run something where it's not flopping inside of the tank. I see I see. I do believe that most of the guys using F150 pumps are getting them from late 80's & early 90's. |
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Post by dm440c on Jul 7, 2014 8:10:59 GMT -5
What year of ford truck? Also, what is the psi rating? My boat tank the lid section is too small to fit a fuel pump into it and I don't really want to cut apart a boat tank. If you intend to use a boat tank for a fuel injected car.....even if you use an inline pump, you will still need a hole in the tank for a return line. What I do is to put a tee fitting in between the tank and the pump and connect the return to this. Seems to work well. |
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Post by cw09 on Jul 12, 2014 16:15:25 GMT -5
If you intend to use a boat tank for a fuel injected car.....even if you use an inline pump, you will still need a hole in the tank for a return line. What I do is to put a tee fitting in between the tank and the pump and connect the return to this. Seems to work well. Thanks for the input I will doing what you say. My tank that had the return hole line in it is pretty rusty now even though I left it over half full of gas at all times. |
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Post by cw09 on Jul 12, 2014 16:36:56 GMT -5
The thing I see about running a t possibly is the pressure from the return line building up to much pressure to the pump then going to the engine, but if you say it works fine I'll try it.
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Post by jackedup on Jul 14, 2014 23:32:27 GMT -5
The thing I see about running a t possibly is the pressure from the return line building up to much pressure to the pump then going to the engine, but if you say it works fine I'll try it. If the T is between the pump and tank there will be no pressure. It will just feed the pump and anything else goes back to tank. |
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Post by cw09 on Jul 15, 2014 19:31:55 GMT -5
Picking one up a T tomorrow at Menards.
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Post by xcody38x on Jul 29, 2014 19:22:56 GMT -5
After switching to an m&m boys tank for 150, I would pay 300...much much better. Best buy no matter what anyone says
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Post by gatorguy10 on Apr 9, 2015 16:21:42 GMT -5
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Post by klicky96 on Apr 9, 2015 18:58:00 GMT -5
Most fuel pumps are made to push, not pull. Run the feed from the bottom of the tank, not the top. |
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Post by taterjuice on Apr 10, 2015 0:38:23 GMT -5
If the feed tube runs down almost to the bottom of the tank, isn't that as good as having the fitting on the bottom ?
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Post by DTOM101 on Apr 10, 2015 6:04:37 GMT -5
When running electric pump you want gravity to get fuel to the pump like was already stated the pump is designed to push fuel not pull it
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