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03-24-2004, 11:36 AM
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 Join Date: May 2002
Location: mt juliet, tennessee, usa
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Fuel Line - Schmuel Line
I've had my 69 C-10 P/U for about 2 years
now. I have replaced most of the guages with autometer stuff. However the fuel guage does not indicate correctly. With the fuel guage on "E", it registers 1/2 tank if I put in 5 gallons. Way off. OK...so at the Louisville Swap Meet last weekend I bought a new fuel sender. Go to install it and the old fuel line is smaller and doesn't fit the fitting on the new fuel sender. The current fuel line is a 5/16. After trying a couple of larger sizes on the sending unit coupler, it appears to fit a 3/8 fuel line. So here's my question. Anybody out there got a bone stock 69 C-10 P/U with a 350 V8 ? If so what size fuel line do you have in you truck? Also how many sections of hard line do you have and how many sections of rubber line? I tried looking in my 69 C-10 Service Manual and also the LMC catalog. Can't find anything that states the size of the fuel line. Jim Mt Juliet 
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03-24-2004, 11:43 AM
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Location: NH
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3/8 for 4bbl carb (350/327) small block and big blocks.
5/16 for all others (2bbl small block (307) and all sixes)
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03-24-2004, 12:50 PM
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Location: Hammond, WI
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I had the same issue on my '69 GMC. but i had some brass reducers and just used that. i wrapped the threads in teflon tape, and that helped tremendously. it had a 350 with a 2bbl, but the line was a 3/8, and the sending unit was 5/16. i only had 2 rubber sections: one under the cab that went from the line in the cab to the line on the frame rail, and one that went from the line on the frame rail to the fuel pump on the engine.
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03-24-2004, 12:51 PM
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fuel sending units in these things ain't an exact science the 5gallons for 1/2tank thing would pretty much be the norm
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