What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

poured fresh gas in it, put an inline fuel filter on it, and fought the urge to just burn it to the ground . I think I will be figuring out what it takes to put a 350 center bolt tbi SBC and 4L60E in it .

 

https://www.facebook.com/walljs/videos/10156921694390527/ I dont know if this link will work, but my son recorded it.....first running after wiring the distributor CCW instead of GM. Still have a lot to do, but knowing the engine is good will help speed it along.

 

yeah the link didn't work. I know the 250 is good, runs, and supposedly was rebuild a while back with the car showing 66,xxx some original miles. I'm just annoyed with it because trying to get it to run off the tank isn't happening, mechanical pump works off a gas jug, the carb runs pretty smooth, and when you hook the pump up to tank it does nothing. I don't see any leaks so it's either the in tank assembly or clogged line or weak pump maybe

 

I had a plugged fueline once upon a time....I cleared it by sticking an air hose into the filler neck and sealed it off with a rag and my hands and tried to pressurize the tank. The procedure pushed a rusty blob of chunks out the other end of the fuel line. I suppose you could also disconnect the line at the tank and blow air down the line itself. I wasnt smart enough to do that way back.

 

I had a stopped up sending unit once....tube was rotted off and plugged. after draining the tank 3 times then dropping it to clean it out, I installed a...drain plug...put one in every tank there after...

oil pan drain plug screw into an O2 sensor bung...

 

Too bad you weren't closer... I'd be there in a heartbeat! I'm not an upholsterer, but I did my own headliner and had a lot of involvement in installing my vinyl top. Once I saw the top being done, I'd attempt the next one myself for sure. Hope your schedule comes ahead for you.

 

Added the rear trim

 

Thanks much! I am piecing thongs together as I can. Definitely being held up by the top and the headliner but doing what I can!

 

Thanks Guys ! I'll have to give the air hose thing a try and 71gold I was trying to avoid dropping the tank right now because of not having the $ for the gaskets/seals for the tank if I take it out. Figured it would leak every where after or suck air like crazy.

 

no air sucking but a splashing leak on take off. you can remove the sender from the side.

 

I seen that today Thanks and my culprit is a pin hole about 4" from the sender towards the back bumper. It's just enough that it steadily pours .... will drop the tank, clean it Real Good, and probably put in a bung/drain plug set up like you showed me

 

this is what I used to coat the inside/outside with...(even a new tank).

 

Finished up one side of my front suspension

 

while we are on the subject of tank, I decided to drain mine (car has not run for many years) and pull the sending unit. All I ca say is "ick." What do I do with the sender....it appears to have lost its float. Can the part with the float wire coming out of it be taken apart and cleaned, or is it "sealed"? I imagine the tank should come out too....

 

More undercoating removal. So far it hasn't been horrible, sure there are better, quicker ways but this fits my tight wad ways!