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Originally Posted by H. L. Chauvin
Hi Dan,
FWIW:
If driving your (87) year old Model A is more important than constantly dealing with normal fuel starvation caused by an (87) year old original fuel tank normally full of either accumulated fine rust, sand, old gas varnish, and what not usually causing severely clogged fuel lines, clogged fuel shut off valves under tanks, and clogged carburetor screens, jets, or what ever, please .... "First" .... treat yourself to an "in-tank" fuel filter screen, for example, Part No. 13280 in Bratton's on line catalog and eliminate a very normal "won't run long" scenario question asked on Model A Forums thousands of time over the past (20) years.
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I agree completely. You can clean the carb for ever, if the tank is dirty, most likely is, it will be your life's work.
Does not take much to clog carb jets. Get a filter in line or in tank.