Best way to Drain 1970 dart fuel tank
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Put a long hose on the fuel sending unit into a container outside as a siphon
I'd just take the thing out. It's not like it's hard at ALL.
66jim
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Take it out clean and reseal it. Also clean the fuel sender in a bath of carb( some lawnmower shops have ultra sonic cleaners) this cleans it pretty good. This would be
only if it work OK now, the aftermarket units are crap.
only if it work OK now, the aftermarket units are crap.
Punch a screwdriver through the bottom, it will drain itself. Problem solved.
I did same thing but through the fill tube, it is a straight shot to the bottom of the tank.
I also attached the hose to a long piece of wood dowl so i had controle of the end.
(DO NOT USE DUCT TAPE.... im sure you can guess how i know that)
This just isn't somewhere to try to cut corners, IMO. If the tank has never been out, now's the time. Simply draining it doesn't get it clean. If it has rust and sediment in the bottom, you'll forever have fuel problems until you remove it and clean it. You also may well find that it's almost rusted through the bottom. Best to find out now.
Rustyfish
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Agreed, just pull it and throw it away. Just did the same. New tank coming for $88.
You know, I was going to do JUST THAT with my 64 Valiant I got back in January. My friend Evan was helping me.......since I'm older now.......gettin back up and all that......anyway, he gets the tank out and says "hay man come look at this". There was not one spec of rust in that thing. "I JUST KNEW" I was going to replace it. We rinsed it out and slapped er back in. Cleanest original tank I ever saw. Car sat up since 1982. Best we could figure was it had some leaded fuel in it. There was about 1" or so of "something yellow" in the bottom. We assumed it was gas. lol
Rustyfish
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I definitively needed a new tank. My barracuda was the same.
3406pk
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In process of replacing my tank. Couldn't get siphon to work thru fill tube, so pulled sending unit to siphon there. Had cleaned tank w acid 10 yrs ago, so time to replace.
I have a small 12v electric fuel pump. Just hook it to the sending unit pickup and pump it out through that.
I agree, if there is rust and sediment your better off putting in a new tank. Been through that before. You think its clean but you can never get all that stuff out.
I agree, if there is rust and sediment your better off putting in a new tank. Been through that before. You think its clean but you can never get all that stuff out.
How about this one, bud? Vintage 1974. Why do some look like you dumped a bucket of mud in them, and some look like this? You think lead was the difference?
I have a cheap universal electric fuel pump bought rom NAPA for $40 along with about 15 ft of 5/16” fuel line attached to it.
Just put the suction side down in the tank, connect to a 12v source and drain into old gas can.
Just put the suction side down in the tank, connect to a 12v source and drain into old gas can.
That's just what mine looked like. I think lead definitely has something to do with it. It's a good preservative.
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