Acesneights1
New Member
well, I abandoned hope of fixing the frame to make it a tow vechile and decided to just put the tank back in and run it. The sending unit/pickup assby is rotted. GM discontinued it and the few left they want 350$ for. Obscene. LMC gets 200$ for it. I had the pickup tube kit from the Dodge that I never used It needed some mods as thE dODGE uses a plastic ex tube. Luckily 3/8 steel pipe fits nice and snug in th bulkhead fitting so I brazed it and then pressure tested it under water at 70 PSI. No leaks. I also had to very carefully braze a pinhole in the return line tube. So I drilled the tank , bent up the new PU to be similar to the old. The only thing was the access hole in the tank isn't big enough to get my hand in so I could not reinstall the screen. In lieu of that I installed a Holley Glass fuel filter inline coming out of the tank that should catch any debris as good as the screen pre lift pump. Put the tank back up and ran the fuel hose into a bucket until clean air free fuel came out. Then connected and vroomm. I also did the Manual override mod to the glows. No the only issue I can't figure out is why the cold advance/high idle is staying on. I replaced the sensor to no avail unless the new sensor/switch is bad too. Otherwise truck starts good with the override and runs excellent. It sounds 1000x better. Air in the fuel in even the most minscule amount will cause the engine to sound/run bad. I'll keep my eyes peeled for a Blazer/Jimmy/Burb in better shape rustwise to transplant my driveline into.
