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Dooley · 09-01-2022, 04:59 PM

I have a stock tank and the pickup tube is tiny.
Also I keep having a fuel starvation issue to my electric pump .
Can this tube be removed and replaced?
What's is inside the tank where it fits in?
Thanks

Lawson Cox · 09-01-2022, 05:31 PM

I sure can't help you. I didn't think Ford was around in 1836. ROFLMAO (The devil made me do it.) Now, on the serious side, I doubt seriously it is the pickup tube's fault, if your tank is stock. You can disconnect the line at the tank and run a wire through it if you'd like, but I don't think that is your problem. What is the fuel output at the pump?

Dooley · 09-01-2022, 06:06 PM

Changed it.lol

It’s a deal that when it works it works good but then it starves and I can see the filter before the pump and hear the pump it is dry.
I don’t have the stock filler though I have a fuel door with Hagen style cap that I drilled a small hole for venting

deuce lover · 09-02-2022, 02:29 PM

Flathead powered?

35fordtn · 09-02-2022, 02:33 PM

Are you postive it is venting? Have you tried it with the cap completely off? is it a drake tank or a original? There are street rods out there with 2 4bbl carburetors running original type tanks with no issues.

deuce lover · 09-02-2022, 02:46 PM

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They probably have 3/8" fuel line from tank to carb.1/4" or 5/16" won't do it.

Dooley · 09-02-2022, 09:10 PM

Sbc.

Stock tank
I did find that my facet pump has a filter in it already.
I took the filter out from between the tank and pump.
I need to verify venting

deuce lover · 09-03-2022, 12:30 AM

You need a 3/8" fuel line from tank to engine.Same thing happened to me in my 36 coupe with SBC & 4 bbl. I would run out of gas.Replaced the orig tank with a Drake and ran a 3/8" line all the way.I had an electric pump also.I had a vented locking gas cap.

Terry,OH · 09-03-2022, 07:56 AM

original vent is through the gas cap. Look for the small hole.

Don Rogers · 09-03-2022, 08:48 AM

Dooley, If your 36 gas tank is stock as you indicate, it should look like the image below. Very simple syphon tube that can easily be cleaned out. A correct filler neck into the tank should have a built in vent as shown. The gas line going from the tank to the engine should be 1/4" steel tubing, copper plated.
An original setup as indicated above should have no issues,

09-01-2022, 04:59 PM	#1
Dooley Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buffalo Posts: 33	1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube I have a stock tank and the pickup tube is tiny. Also I keep having a fuel starvation issue to my electric pump . Can this tube be removed and replaced? What's is inside the tank where it fits in? Thanks Last edited by Dooley; 09-01-2022 at 06:04 PM.

09-01-2022, 05:31 PM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: 1836 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube I sure can't help you. I didn't think Ford was around in 1836. ROFLMAO (The devil made me do it.) Now, on the serious side, I doubt seriously it is the pickup tube's fault, if your tank is stock. You can disconnect the line at the tank and run a wire through it if you'd like, but I don't think that is your problem. What is the fuel output at the pump? __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

09-01-2022, 06:06 PM	#3
Dooley Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buffalo Posts: 33	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube Changed it.lol It’s a deal that when it works it works good but then it starves and I can see the filter before the pump and hear the pump it is dry. I don’t have the stock filler though I have a fuel door with Hagen style cap that I drilled a small hole for venting

09-02-2022, 02:29 PM	#4
deuce lover Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern France Posts: 5,330	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube Flathead powered?

09-02-2022, 02:33 PM	#5
35fordtn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: McMinnville, TN Posts: 2,329	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube Are you postive it is venting? Have you tried it with the cap completely off? is it a drake tank or a original? There are street rods out there with 2 4bbl carburetors running original type tanks with no issues.

09-02-2022, 02:46 PM	#6
deuce lover Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern France Posts: 5,330	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) They probably have 3/8" fuel line from tank to carb.1/4" or 5/16" won't do it. Last edited by deuce lover; 09-04-2022 at 01:39 AM.

09-02-2022, 09:10 PM	#7
Dooley Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buffalo Posts: 33	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube Sbc. Stock tank I did find that my facet pump has a filter in it already. I took the filter out from between the tank and pump. I need to verify venting

09-03-2022, 12:30 AM	#8
deuce lover Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern France Posts: 5,330	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube You need a 3/8" fuel line from tank to engine.Same thing happened to me in my 36 coupe with SBC & 4 bbl. I would run out of gas.Replaced the orig tank with a Drake and ran a 3/8" line all the way.I had an electric pump also.I had a vented locking gas cap.

09-03-2022, 07:56 AM	#9
Terry,OH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,794	Re: 1936 Ford Fuel Tank pickup tube original vent is through the gas cap. Look for the small hole.