I did same thing but through the fill tube, it is a straight shot to the bottom of the tank.Put a long hose on the fuel sending unit into a container outside as a siphon
Agreed, just pull it and throw it away. Just did the same. New tank coming for $88.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.
Agreed, just pull it and throw it away. Just did the same. New tank coming for $88.
Today I figured I'd pull the gas tank and check out its condition. Pretty safe to say I need a new tank and sender. Hopefully the line is in better shape.
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And in a touch of irony, the tank was already replaced once before and from a '66 Barracuda.
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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?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
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?View attachment 1715357498