The Ford Barn

Dick · 05-21-2023, 12:59 PM

When gassing up my coupe I have to fill it as slow as the pump will go or it gushes back out and down the side of the car.

the car is very original as far as I know.

Is the tube in the fill pipe stock for this car? Vent pipe maybe?

Is it an anti siphon device of some sort?

Any ideas on how to solve this problem would be appreciated!

Thank you.

Tinman · 05-21-2023, 01:20 PM

Dick Ford Motor Company came up with a solution to those problems mid year. Ihave been gathering 49-50-51 NOS parts for years. There is a tube that you insert in your fill pipe that whistles. When the whistleing stops you pull out the nozzel You are done.
I have some in the original wrapper. $55.00 plus shipping.
Paul Oman 715-271-4901 Tinman on Ford Barn WI

Flathead Fever · 05-21-2023, 01:41 PM

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When I first started at the phone company garage, I was a lowly garage helper, and I would have to drive up to 60 trucks a night to the gas pump and fill them up. That back pressure on some of them would cause the gas pumps recovery system to shut off the nozzle. So, I always carried a ball point pen in my pocket and if the nozzle shut off, I would just put the ink pen between the pump nozzles' boot and the filler neck so it could vent while it was filling. By lunch time I was physically ill from gas fumes I inhaled while standing next to the sign that said "chemicals present in this facility, known to State of CA, can cause cancer. Any day now I expect those gas fume seeds I inhaled to sprout into lung" cancer. At lunch I went and dipped my arms and hands into the solvent tank to wash off the grease, next to the sign that said, "chemicals present in this facility, known to State of CA, can cause cancer". Then I ate my fast-food lunch (made mostly of chemicals) with my hands that smelled like gas and solvent. I bet the grass won't even grow over where they bury me.

05-21-2023, 01:20 PM	#2
Tinman Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 11	Re: Gas filling problem - '49 coupe Dick Ford Motor Company came up with a solution to those problems mid year. Ihave been gathering 49-50-51 NOS parts for years. There is a tube that you insert in your fill pipe that whistles. When the whistleing stops you pull out the nozzel You are done. I have some in the original wrapper. $55.00 plus shipping. Paul Oman 715-271-4901 Tinman on Ford Barn WI

05-21-2023, 01:41 PM	#3
Flathead Fever Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,095	Re: Gas filling problem - '49 coupe Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) When I first started at the phone company garage, I was a lowly garage helper, and I would have to drive up to 60 trucks a night to the gas pump and fill them up. That back pressure on some of them would cause the gas pumps recovery system to shut off the nozzle. So, I always carried a ball point pen in my pocket and if the nozzle shut off, I would just put the ink pen between the pump nozzles' boot and the filler neck so it could vent while it was filling. By lunch time I was physically ill from gas fumes I inhaled while standing next to the sign that said "chemicals present in this facility, known to State of CA, can cause cancer. Any day now I expect those gas fume seeds I inhaled to sprout into lung" cancer. At lunch I went and dipped my arms and hands into the solvent tank to wash off the grease, next to the sign that said, "chemicals present in this facility, known to State of CA, can cause cancer". Then I ate my fast-food lunch (made mostly of chemicals) with my hands that smelled like gas and solvent. I bet the grass won't even grow over where they bury me.