So many lines! What do they all do?

[fmxr47]

I made these roll around carts at work for the managers wife and then made the headache rack out of scrap crate steel for my daily driver


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[fmxr47]

Ok so the dang truck left me stranded again, but thankfully near the farm so I walked back and towed it back with my other truck. I'm starting to wonder if the water in fuel is just a hoax and when it's starving for fuel maybe the light comes on? Tell me your thoughts! Because when I cracked the bleeder/ water drain on the 80 housing, nothing came out but a few drops. When I first turned the fuel pump on before driving it, the bleeder was cracked and had a nice steady stream. I'm really wondering about my pickup sock or possibly the fuel pump is cavitating and sucking air somewhere. Really didn't want to drop the fuel tank again.


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[1967KaiserM715]

Yeah, the light comes on with low pressure. So definitely a pressure issue. Air leaks are very hard to find, and the biggest problem with these engines.

Have you tried running without the fuel cap?


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[fmxr47]

Yeah that was my first try was removing the fuel cap, though there may have been a vacuum in the tank


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[fmxr47]

Got the filter housing all rebuilt minus the WIF sensor. Also got everything for my intake in. Mocked that up tonight. No pics of that yet. I also bought some clear hose to look for my air leak in the fuel system. I don't recall if there are any hoses on the sending unit inside the tank or not?


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[1967KaiserM715]

there shouldn't be any hose in the tank, just a metal pickup tube, the return should be just be a short section of metal tube as well.

IMO the WIF isn't completely necessary, but it is nice to have...last time I checked it was like $100 for just the sensor

did you do a new fuel sender unit when you did the tank?

[fmxr47]

Yeah 100 for the sensor and I could get a complete filter manager for about $120....

No I reused the old sending unit, although I am thinking of replacing it. It just stinks because I've got a full tank of fresh fuel. If I new the condition of my driver side tank I would just transfer it to the other side with my transfer pump. I'm making up a bracket for the other filter today, I want to run it up on the firewall like the 80 was


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[fmxr47]

I got my mount fabbed and painted, kind crude but will bolt right up and easily accessible...


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[1967KaiserM715]

Nice. Reason I asked if sender was old, was either it is a little rusty, with a pin hole in pickup, or it may even be cracked from repeated removal and attachment of fuel lines.

Sometimes it is inside the tank, right under the plate, which makes it even harder to find, because you can't see it


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[fmxr47]

Oh ok I'll check it out if I see the leak coming from before the fuel pump


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[hatzie]

Yeah 100 for the sensor and I could get a complete filter manager for about $120....

No I reused the old sending unit, although I am thinking of replacing it. It just stinks because I've got a full tank of fresh fuel. If I new the condition of my driver side tank I would just transfer it to the other side with my transfer pump. I'm making up a bracket for the other filter today, I want to run it up on the firewall like the 80 was


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Your cleanup looks great.
If that sensor goes out just get a whole unit.  Bet the heater tests bad.
Heater and wif really do cost more than a whole unit.

My Droid from orbit

[fmxr47]

im starting to second guess this location.....
Awfully close to the turbo. I was hoping it would be farther away

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[1967KaiserM715]

looks like you mounted it further back, could you rotate it(maybe bend bracket) so the outlet and drain face the center more, this should give better access to the inlet as well. As in use the front hole on one side of the bracket, rear hole on the other.

is the clear line the inlet on the current filter?

[fmxr47]

The problem with turning  it is that the inlet on the rear would hit the heater box and the filter isn't plumbed up at all right now, just the spin on. I'm thinking I will just put it at the rear of the intake like normal. The hoses just look like no fun to mess with down there, I'm dreading changing the supply hose to the ip


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[1967KaiserM715]

it's actually not that bad, if you have one of the ring/ circle pliers it makes it even easier(the needle nose pliers that the tip is shaped in a circle)