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69 GMC forever · 03-22-2012, 07:57 PM

ok I have never had this before so I will ask !!!
I emptied the rotten gas out of my gas tank and it felt like there was a bag of sand in the tank ??? I took the sending unit out to find that there are about a dozen or so square pads in the tank? .Is this to stop the sloshing in the tank ? Never seen this before so I figured I ask . oh and can you get just the filter screen on the end of the pick up tube ? thanks for any replies to this post

Hubscrub · 03-22-2012, 09:33 PM

never ran across square pads in the couple i've had and yes just the screen at the bottom is available.

69 GMC forever · 03-23-2012, 12:01 PM

ok well anyone else come across this ..... pads in the tank

hayhauler71 · 03-23-2012, 03:50 PM

Just cleaned mine out and no pads but with a big filler opening I am sure lots of kids put lots of stuff down the filler tube s a joke

Bert W · 03-23-2012, 03:56 PM

Never had pads in any of mine 63-72

FrankieD · 03-23-2012, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hayhauler71

Just cleaned mine out and no pads but with a big filler opening I am sure lots of kids put lots of stuff down the filler tube s a joke

terry b · 03-23-2012, 04:57 PM

My truck prefers tampons.

69 GMC forever · 03-24-2012, 11:30 AM

ok well by the replies I am getting I will have to go the dealer and find out what the heck is goin on

terry b · 03-25-2012, 08:21 PM

The dealer wont have a fricking clue. There is not suppose to be anything in the tank but gas and the pickup/sending unit. Clean all that s---t out and order a new in tank line screen from golden state part's #9-75sc and you are good to go.

Legolas894 · 03-25-2012, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 69 GMC forever

ok I have never had this before so I will ask !!!
I emptied the rotten gas out of my gas tank and it felt like there was a bag of sand in the tank ??? I took the sending unit out to find that there are about a dozen or so square pads in the tank? .Is this to stop the sloshing in the tank ? Never seen this before so I figured I ask . oh and can you get just the filter screen on the end of the pick up tube ? thanks for any replies to this post

Wondering if someone was trying to soak up water in the fuel tank by putting those in. I've heard that the pad will only absorb water and not fuel. Of course you should have fished them out afterwards!

Kids could have put them in too.

Rooster's 67 · 03-25-2012, 09:49 PM

I prefer my trucks to be Spayed....lot less issues.

03-22-2012, 07:57 PM	#1
69 GMC forever Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rosedale B.C Canada... EH Posts: 102	cab gas tank ok I have never had this before so I will ask !!! I emptied the rotten gas out of my gas tank and it felt like there was a bag of sand in the tank ??? I took the sending unit out to find that there are about a dozen or so square pads in the tank? .Is this to stop the sloshing in the tank ? Never seen this before so I figured I ask . oh and can you get just the filter screen on the end of the pick up tube ? thanks for any replies to this post __________________ when the smoke clears all your gunna see are my Tail lights

03-22-2012, 09:33 PM	#2
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: cab gas tank never ran across square pads in the couple i've had and yes just the screen at the bottom is available. __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

03-23-2012, 12:01 PM	#3
69 GMC forever Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rosedale B.C Canada... EH Posts: 102	Re: cab gas tank ok well anyone else come across this ..... pads in the tank __________________ when the smoke clears all your gunna see are my Tail lights

03-23-2012, 03:50 PM	#4
hayhauler71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: St. Paul MN. Posts: 1,996	Re: cab gas tank Just cleaned mine out and no pads but with a big filler opening I am sure lots of kids put lots of stuff down the filler tube s a joke __________________ Fuzzy

03-23-2012, 03:56 PM	#5
Bert W Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jackson, MS Posts: 373	Re: cab gas tank Never had pads in any of mine 63-72 __________________ 1968 Chevy C/10 LWB V8 1983 K5 Blazer 1989 C1500 Stepside Reg. Cab V8

03-23-2012, 04:57 PM	#7
terry b Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: jackson michigan Posts: 755	Re: cab gas tank My truck prefers tampons.

03-24-2012, 11:30 AM	#8
69 GMC forever Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rosedale B.C Canada... EH Posts: 102	Re: cab gas tank ok well by the replies I am getting I will have to go the dealer and find out what the heck is goin on __________________ when the smoke clears all your gunna see are my Tail lights

03-25-2012, 08:21 PM	#9
terry b Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: jackson michigan Posts: 755	Re: cab gas tank The dealer wont have a fricking clue. There is not suppose to be anything in the tank but gas and the pickup/sending unit. Clean all that s---t out and order a new in tank line screen from golden state part's #9-75sc and you are good to go. Last edited by terry b; 03-25-2012 at 08:41 PM.

03-25-2012, 09:49 PM	#11
Rooster's 67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: DFW Posts: 765	Re: cab gas tank I prefer my trucks to be Spayed....lot less issues. __________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?



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