Hi Doug,
This fuel pick up screen is hardly accesable to remove and it also is not
needed with todays nifty in line fuel filters.. After doing a slosh job
on a fuel tank this too will be very thoroughly coated! So what I have
done in the past is to slosh the tank and when it's all cired and dry, I
connect my air line to a short hard fuel line that I put into the fuel
outlet on the tank and put full air tank pressure to it and just blow
most of this little screen off.
This is also a good technique to use when the scree gets all full iof
tiny particles and you start to have fuel starvation problems.
Of course, this is all done with an open fuel tank. IE: not with the
fuel guage in place or the filler cap on.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:42:12 -0800 "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com> writes:
>I just pulled the bugeye's fuel tank, to either fix or replace the
>sender
>unit, so I can again have a functioning fuel gauge. Turns out that one
>of
>the fine wires in the resistor had burned out (probably when I
>incorrectly
>wired the freshly rebuilt fuel gauge last spring). Oops. But a little
>soldering, testing, and new gaskets, and all should be well.
>
>However, an internal inspection of the tank revealed some rust, so I
>want to
>have it steam cleaned, and then apply one of the tank sealing kits, to
>prevent or at least delay further rust. The fuel pick up inside the
>tank
>ends with some kind of filter or check valve. It's cylindrical, about
>1" in
>diameter and perhaps 1 1/2" long, is red and white. Can someone tell
>me what
>this thing is?
>
>I'm also concerned that the tank sealer stuff will clog up this
>filter/check
>valve, which doesn't sound good :). Can it be removed, or does anyone
>have
>any advice about how to deal with it?
>
>Thanks to all,
>
>Doug Ingram
>Victoria BC
>1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
>1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
>
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