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Old 06-15-2015, 10:42 PM   #16
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Default Re: Bad fuel pump? 51 Custom

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Originally Posted by Ross F-1 View Post
I presume you haven't added any gas since you picked it up? So the gas tank level has been slowly dropping?

It's been a l-o-n-g time but I recall a thread on a shoebox Ford that was losing pump action, and it turned out there is a short section of rubber hose in the steel line, sort of hidden in a section of frame in front of the rear axle. It was a little higher than the rest of the line and it was cracked, letting in air when fuel level dropped, weeping gas when the tank was fairly full. I've never owned a shoebox so it's just "something I read on the internet"....
You may be onto something but it was just the opposite for me. The gas was very low driving the 20 miles on the freeway to my house so I filled it up when I got there. Would filling the tank cause the problem? And, why can't I get it to fail at home when I'm not driving on the road?
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