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Old 08-06-2018, 09:16 PM   #11
orangek5
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Re: 1971 4x4 Short Bed Fleet side Followed Me Home

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Originally Posted by AussieinNC View Post
Safety suggestion...

Swap out that plastic bodied fuel filter for a metal cased one...

Plastic over time will crack due to under hood heat...

Nice truck!

Thanks for the advise. It did help me solve a rusty tank problem though. After I completed the first phase of the fixer up brakes and all. I took it to the carwash and almost didn't make it. So I replaced the cheapest first. Fuel filter with clear plastic. It clogged up really quickly with rust that I could see through the clear filter. So out with the tank, tank to a local tank wash, back in which lead me to carb bowl full of rust. So now that all is running good, and clean. I think a metal filter is tomorrow's project
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