The Ford Barn

katy · 09-03-2017, 11:21 AM

Back in the early '60s I purchased a '47 Mercury pickup. The truck had been sitting for a couple of years in the POs back yard. The gas cap was missing but there was a rag stuffed in the filler hole to cap it. After getting the truck on the road I started having trouble with the gas line plugging up. I would disconnect the inlet line at the fuel pump and blow it back to the tank, truck would start and run. After repeating this numerous times I decided to pull the gas tank and clean it out. Got about 2 cupfulls of gravel, a 1" paint brush and a piece of weatherstripping about 12" long out of that tank. No more problems with plugged gas line after that cleanout.
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Marvin/TN · 09-03-2017, 11:29 AM

I bought a 51 or 52 (I forget which I have had both at different times) but after a while I noticed the gas in the fuel pump bowl was black. Checked things out and found a Black Walnut with the husk still on was coming apart in the gas tank.

09-03-2017, 11:21 AM	#1
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,712	Re: Gas tank gremlin Back in the early '60s I purchased a '47 Mercury pickup. The truck had been sitting for a couple of years in the POs back yard. The gas cap was missing but there was a rag stuffed in the filler hole to cap it. After getting the truck on the road I started having trouble with the gas line plugging up. I would disconnect the inlet line at the fuel pump and blow it back to the tank, truck would start and run. After repeating this numerous times I decided to pull the gas tank and clean it out. Got about 2 cupfulls of gravel, a 1" paint brush and a piece of weatherstripping about 12" long out of that tank. No more problems with plugged gas line after that cleanout. YMMV __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

09-03-2017, 11:29 AM	#2
Marvin/TN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chattanooga, TN area Posts: 832	Re: Gas tank gremlin I bought a 51 or 52 (I forget which I have had both at different times) but after a while I noticed the gas in the fuel pump bowl was black. Checked things out and found a Black Walnut with the husk still on was coming apart in the gas tank. Last edited by Marvin/TN; 09-03-2017 at 11:39 AM.