Fuel pick up?

[nymack66]

Unless its has a anti siphon valve installed use an air compressor remove the gas tank cap and blow it clean back into the tank? My pickup tube came out completely when I unscrewed the part shown in the pictures not sure why yours seem short? My pickup tube matches the depth of the tank with no screen on the end, hopefully this makes sense. I have a spare if you need it pay postage and its yours. I will have to go dig for it saw it :)

[macojoe]

I had a clogged pick up screen on mine, was able to pull the pick up out and got rid of the screen altogether! Also there was a ball berrin in that fitting on top of tank i got rid of. That ball pump what did you get when you bought a new one?? I have had bad ones right out of the box!! just use name brand ones!

[nymack66]

Here it is as shown 12 inches long ...

[garbubba]

Macojoe - been there too, bought a mercury fuel line with bulb this time.

I'm pretty sure the vacuum goes past that (bubbles in the water separating bowl)

Nymack, thanks for the pic, I'll pull mine tomorrow & see what's up.

Pretty sure it has no screen as I poked that weedeater line in way past a foot.

Only other thing is the water separating mount & filter.
it was a mess this spring & I removed, cleaned, painted it & replaced the filter. May take that off again.

Thanks for the help!

[garbubba]

Nymack, what year is your boat? I recall it being close to mine.

[awthacker]

Originally Posted by garbubba

Nymack, what year is your boat? I recall it being close to mine.

I replaced my tank last year and still have the pickup laying around. If you want/need it its yours just lemme know. That was from '82

[garbubba]

Thanks for the help & offers, pulled my pickup & it's fine, no screen, just a pipe with notches at the end. Cleaned it up & then reinstalled everything.

Went back to see if it could have been the pre-filter. I'm pretty sure that was it, if blowing through it is any indication, it has much more resistance than a new paper element filter.

I put it back together & called it fixed!!

Then put a few more extra parts in the toolbox.

Thanks again for the help, let you know how the next trip (school starts Monday so I'm shooting for then) goes.