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I'm a little suspicious of the condition of the fuel pickup sock in the tank on my 66' Toronado. I'll be doing some rear body work on my car shortly and as part of that I'll be taking the tank out. I can't seem to find any info on this part, however. Is it something that can be replaced? Does anyone know the PN?
The inside of my tank was coated/sealed with RedKote back in the 80's and I have my suspicions that this stuff clogged up my sock so I wanted to take a look while the tank is out.
Thanks everyone! I hope I have this in the correct forum.
Sorry guys, I actually found the PN for the strainer, not sure how I missed it. The PN is 5651711 but a quick search brings up nothing really in stock. Anyone have any sources? Seems odd that there's no results as it looks like it was used on many of these cars. Thx!
Last edited by ourkid2000; June 28th, 2023 at 08:40 PM.
Have you found a replacement fuel sending unit? When I replaced the FSU in my 71 98 it was a different style (the old one was a canister style while the new one had a swing arm). If you have a good FSU and maintain the car with regular fuel filter changes I wouldn't worry about the sock/strainer being there.
Have you found a replacement fuel sending unit? When I replaced the FSU in my 71 98 it was a different style (the old one was a canister style while the new one had a swing arm). If you have a good FSU and maintain the car with regular fuel filter changes I wouldn't worry about the sock/strainer being there.
I replaced the fuel sending unit when I first got the car last year (the gauge wasn't working), however, the pickup tube with the sock on it isn't part of the sending unit on this car. They are two completely separate components so replacing the FSU in this case doesn't help you with the filter. I did look at the sock at that time but I wasn't sure if it was partially clogged or not just by looking at it.
The sock on this car is slipped on the pickup tube at the bottom of the tank. You have to work with it inside the tank, which looks like a massive pain in the butt.
Last edited by ourkid2000; June 29th, 2023 at 07:00 AM.
I know this may not help but Fusick is selling 66-67 repro fuel tanks and sending units.
But as you already know, the fuel inlet is in the corner of the tank and not in the sending unit area at the top of the tank.
I know this may not help but Fusick is selling 66-67 repro fuel tanks and sending units.
But as you already know, the fuel inlet is in the corner of the tank and not in the sending unit area at the top of the tank.
Yeah I contacted them recently as I'm interested in getting one of those to replace mine. I asked about the fuel strainer in the reproduction tank and they said that they do not provide a replacement filter, only the tank itself. That was pretty surprising. Why not put a filter in there when you're building the tank?? I actually forgot to ask them if they had any filters that we could use.
I suppose if you had a brand new tank you could just use an external filter on the pump inlet line.
Yeah I contacted them recently as I'm interested in getting one of those to replace mine. I asked about the fuel strainer in the reproduction tank and they said that they do not provide a replacement filter, only the tank itself. That was pretty surprising. Why not put a filter in there when you're building the tank?? I actually forgot to ask them if they had any filters that we could use.
I suppose if you had a brand new tank you could just use an external filter on the pump inlet line.
Thanks... good to know... I've been considering a replacement tank on my '67 and would have assumed the filter would be in there... does seem lazy not to provide the filter if someone is going through the trouble of fabricating the entire tank again....
Wow, thanks so much for this Joe! That's exactly the info I'm looking for. I had a feeling it wouldn't be difficult to source to the people who know better.....I was just thrown off by the old superceeded part numbers. Can't thank you enough for these suggestions.
June 28th, 2023, 04:32 PM
