Good neighbors eh?

[vtwinsport]

Well, here's a short tale of misery for you all to laugh at.
Picked up a 2 outlet sending unit for my fuel tank as the old one failed yesterday. Put it in this morning as the tank only had two gallons in it. Started off on my merry way to the corner store for gas while moving furniture today. Put in 4 gallons, started it up and then it stalled and wouldn't start thereafter.
Well, checking for fuel from the pump and not finding any, I pulled the pump and replaced it right there in the parking lot of my convenience store, after calling my wife to go pick up the part. Key in , cranks but does not start. Check the fuel pump for volume again- nothing. Nice neighbor mechanic guy suggests I might have nicked a rubber fuel line so the pump is drawing more air than fuel. So I pull the rubber sections and check for cuts. Nothing.
Call my other neighbor who kindly obliges my request for assistance and he pulls my truck home to the street in front of my house.
Moments later as he drives off and I am looking at the furniture loaded in the truck, wondering what a waste of time this will be to unload it all when the light comes on, my coffee kicks in, all neurons align and my brain starts working for a few minutes, I realize that I crossed the hoses on the tank.
If my neighbors only knew. Feeling like a monkey with a wrench. Laugh now, go ahead, you know you want to.

[JohnC]

I can't really laugh at ya. When I replaced the gas tank for the first time in my old 84 I made a similar mistake. Well to put the tank in it was hard to get the rubber lines on there, so I made them a little longer. No harm right? Wrong, when I pushed the tank up and mounted it everything was fine. Started truck up. Went to gas station put gas in it, started back up fine. Drove about 5 miles up the road, and died. Wouldn't start again. Same scenario as you got it pulled home, and dropped the tank. Couldn't find anything wrong, until I looked at the rubber lines. When I pushed the tank up the extra length was just enough to put a kink in the line. So no fuel leaving tank! So I feel your pain!

[87Bob]

Hey things like that have happened to all of us. Don't feel bad!

[enaberif]

I say the bigger the project more likely something will go wrong!

[Damien]

I had to laugh when I read this. My parents neighbor did the same thing on his '78. Changed the fuel tank and the truck would not run. I looked at it and thought it was the fuel pump. He didn't have money for a fuel pump, so I charged one on my account and made him put it in. Truck still didn't run. I crawled under the truck looking for a hole in a line and realized he put the lines on wrong. I made him fix it as I made fun of him. Good times.

[Palf70Step]

I didn't goof up the hoses on the old one I had. For whatever reason, like a dummy, I moved the switch to the empty tank and forgot.

Yeah 20 minutes or so of choice words, then I thought to check the switch.

[Prerunner1982]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I didn't goof up the hoses on the old one I had. For whatever reason, like a dummy, I moved the switch to the empty tank and forgot.

Yeah 20 minutes or so of choice words, then I thought to check the switch.

20 mins? Something similar happened to me and took me like 5 hrs to figure it out.

[vtwinsport]

nice tyo know I've found a home with like minded individuals. I won't give up unless I get squished under neath it. I'm laughing now- wasn't earlier.

[70k52wd]

Lol, common mistake. We all make them.

[sswitzke]

mistakes, natures way of making life interesting.

[caminokid]

Couldn't laugh either. I have done worse.

[grinch4om]

it's how we learn...