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Subject:Re: weaning a westy
From:Rob
Date:Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:49:31 -0700

No screen at all, but the new tank did fix my very noisy pump and
gave me a whole useable tank of fuel.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  6/5/2008 10:12 AM, Mike Riley wrote:
>was there any sign of the fabled screen on the fuel pickup tube ?
>sure looks like one could switch the inlet and outlet !!
>my outlet is slightly restricted compared to the return line in the
>tank and I am thinking of doing it.
>I used a compressor at 100lbs to back blow the lines to no effect.
>mike
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>   6/4/2008 11:23 PM, Neil2 wrote:
> >Seems I tried to wean my Westy last week.  Was running along fine on a level
> >interstate stretch and all of a sudden I began to slowly lose acceleration
> >despite depressing the pedal to the floor.
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>MY gasoline powered 84 ran out of gas before the gauge hit the red,
>when it was all done I figured I had 4 gal left. The fix was a new
>tank but I was not able to find anything wrong with the old one.
>http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/becida/84%20Fuel%20tank/ for
>photos of the inside of the tank.