I know I have been asking a lot of questions lately but I am new to the web site and this is the best thing that has happened to me since I started restoring my 52. I appreciate all your help. This is a God send. I purchase a new gas tank and flex hose but the flex hose fitting is larger than the female fitting on the gas tank. This has me a little perplexed because the flex hose supposedly was to fit directly to the gas tank. Can I just get a fitting reducer or is there something special I need?
Just thinking out loud here but, if you have to get a reducer why not try to find a stop cock to go between the female on the tank and your hose. That way you can cut off the gas for whatever reason. I'm thinking like a plumber but why not? Gater
Hey GM, don't ever worry about asking a lot of questions! The more everybody asks, the more I learn! Tell us some more about you and your project. Tailgater made a valid point about a stop cock. Primitive, but cool anti-theft device. Did you buy your tank and flex line from the same vendor? If so, it puzzles me why the connections wouldn't be compatible. I promised myself that I wouldn't go on a rant about repops again, but stuff like that should not happen if you order something from one vendor and they don't work together! As far as your comment about this site being a God send, I agree with you 110% (and I think we're not alone!)
Ha Gall, No question to dumb or looked down on here. If anything becomes Great ammo to make fun of you. Any way not sure what you are running into here. The flex fuel hose should screw right onto the fitting off the fuel sender unit on one end then go to the main fuel pump feed line on the other side not to anything on the tank itself. The tank's I have seen do not normally come with a sender unit. Did you purchase a sender also ? If so is it the correct one for your truck ? I for one do not believe you need a shut off valve the less connections in the fuel system the better. Elimates another chance of a leak or issue.
I'm a little bumfuzzeled myself. Are you sure about the "female" part? The tank should have nice, hard, "male" ends sticking out of it that a hose would slip over. Above the floor, your talking about the filler splice. Below the floor, it's the smaller outlet that has a built-in shut off. Either way, there should be a hose you have to work at to get it to slip over the male connection. (Then secure it with a clamp) If the hose won't fit, I'd say get a new one after you measure what it is you need. I forget where I got my filler neck rubber, but I think it was from CP. (?)
Zig, I pondered on this a while too but I think he is talking about the outty to the fuel pump not the inny from the filler. I was looking at it from the point of view of the fuel line coming from an outlet not assoicated with the sending unit. Could it be that the female that is in question is just for a plug and that the fuel line is suppose to go to the sending unit? Gater
There is a female fitting at the bottom of my gas tank that sits right above the hole in the floor board. The flex hose has a male fitting that is larger than the female fitting. The sending unit is seperate at the top of the tank. My original tank had the fitting that attached to the tank with two male ends. This fitting was like the one described that had a male connection to a female rubber hose secured with a clamp. I am reluctant to reuse it because it leaked before I started to restore it. I have had my 3100 for twelve years. I bought it when my kids were young and they are all grown now. My stovebolt is kind of the family joke because my kids think I will never finish it. Well I am 85% there and I am going to show them. The truck is painted in and out. My 235 is overhauled and painted so it is just a matter of putting it back together. Given that I took some of these parts off 10 years ago, it is a little bit of a challenge but I am keeping my mind right and taking it as it comes. I do have a deadline because I am using the truck as a display in a construction show in October. This is good because it keeps me motivated. In the past I would hit hard for 3 months than take a year off. I have no choice now.
I believe that the female hole in the bottom of the tank just above the hole in the floor to which you refer is the drain plug for the tank. There is a short steel line that runs from the sending unit to the flex hose of which you speak IIRC. Perhaps you forgot about that when you took it all apart all that time ago or maybe it was missing. Andy
Early AD Fuel Tank Your '52 had a 90° shutoff valve screwed into the bottom of the fuel tank when it was new , the hose screwed to that. go to your FLAPS and look in thier weatherhead brass fittings section ~ they'll have the valve or can order it up in a couple days or you can just get a fitting to suit . Remember : new repop fuel tanks tend to leak like sives so either send it out for lining or get the POR-15 kit and line it yourownself , taking plenty of time , skipping NO steps and remembering to keep turning it so the lining won't all dribble down and settle in the bottom of the tank.... I hope this helped and oh yes : WELCOME to our little home away from home !
There is a female fitting at the bottom of my gas tank that sits right above the hole in the floor board. The flex hose has a male fitting that is larger than the female fitting. The sending unit is seperate at the top of the tank. My original tank had the fitting that attached to the tank with two male ends. This fitting was like the one described that had a male connection to a female rubber hose secured with a clamp. I am reluctant to reuse it because it leaked before I started to restore it. I have had my 3100 for twelve years. I bought it when my kids were young and they are all grown now. My stovebolt is kind of the family joke because my kids think I will never finish it. Well I am 85% there and I am going to show them. The truck is painted in and out. My 235 is overhauled and painted so it is just a matter of putting it back together. Given that I took some of these parts off 10 years ago, it is a little bit of a challenge but I am keeping my mind right and taking it as it comes. I do have a deadline because I am using the truck as a display in a construction show in October. This is good because it keeps me motivated. In the past I would hit hard for 3 months than take a year off. I have no choice now.
One other thing that you might watch out for. Over on the Stovebolt site there is a current thread about new gas tanks having a metric threaded connection. I don't know if that is the case here or if that even contributes to the leaking that Nate mentioned above. It might pay to examine closely to see if this is the case. Gater
Yeah- what Nate said. And welcome! (especially if your truck's a GMC!) I took my tank out and did what Nate said~ relined it. (I couldn't believe the crap that came out of it, but it still ran sucking that up to the carb...) I see what you're talking about, and it's just like Nate said. That is a female threaded plug in the bottom that on mine had (if I remeber correctly) a nipple screwed into it (male, both ends) then a 90 degree elbow that had a 3/8 0r 1/4 barb on it for the line that goes to the carb. The fuel line is all metal, except for the bit where it comes off the barb. That is a hose clamped on. I also stuck an in-line fuel filter there to catch any other crap that might come through. That 90 degree elbow has a screw stop in it to cut off the gas from the tank. It's a bit stiff to turn, but then again, I don't make a habbit of getting under there and turn it off and on... Hope this helps(?)
Hey - I'm doing the exact same thing with my 1953. I looked into just replacing the tank but heeded Nate's wise advise and I am taking it in to be relined. Anyway - when I was about to order a new tank from CP, in the description it says - "Fitting on Tank Metric, Flex Line is Std. Need Adapter To make work". Don't know where you got your new tank but I would bet this is the problem. BTW - welcome, I am new here myself and I have gotten great advice. Jeff
