A distinctive feature of the Model A is the gas tank location and gravity feed system. Any ideas on what prompted this arrangement? And did any other car makers use a similar arrangement?
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The fuel tank on my 29 pickup is bad. Apparently no one makes a new one. I was planning on adding a tank with an electric fuel pump. Will the Tilitson model x carb handle 4 or 5 pounds of pressure from the pump?...07-27-2021, 08:34 PM -
While reading Technical Questions & Answers in the latest Model A News I have a question concerning the pencil filter that most (can't say all) of us have installed. Why DO we have that installed rather than a magnet at the bottom of the tank near the fuel shutoff ? I'm thinking most of us don't look in the tank before going on a trip but while on that trip the filter clogs up, just after leaving...06-23-2021, 04:36 PM -
Long time Model T guy here working on his "new" Model A- what size pipe thread is on the fuel tank outlet? Thanks!...04-05-2022, 02:40 PM -
I restored a 29 Tudor back in the 70s, when I was a child ;-) and to fix a fuel tank with a little rust I coated it with some kind of sealer that was used back then. It felt kind of rubbery and was supposed to not get hard and flake off, worked great until ethanol fuel. Now I think the stuff is slowly dissolving and gooing up the whole system to where I am going to have to dip the zenith. Anyway has...02-04-2020, 12:40 PM -
So today was the big day! I attempted to start my 29 Fordor. It was restored in the 80s and 90s, but sat for the last 25 years until we inherited it. The fuel tank was empty as far as I could tell, and I cleaned the sediment bowl and replaced the filter. The bowl had some ancient rubberized fuel in it. I adjusted the timing, put a new battery in, and gave it a go. Semi success! The engine turns over...07-02-2022, 09:41 PM -
I'm basically stock but run a fuel tank in the bed of my '29 RPU due to a hole in original tank. I have a carter pump @2psi and added a electric fuel shutoff I had got from Snyders. Well the fuel shutoff decided to stay shut. I have check all electrical and ground...I think it just took a shit...anyone know of another inline elec shutoff that is any good??03-02-2019, 08:38 PM -
I have a 29 pickup that has had the white fuel tank sealer installed a number of years ago and it is starting to peel off the tank. How can I remove the sealer? I don't know the brand. I have had good luck with removing rust using the electrolyis method using caustic soda. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Larry.06-05-2022, 09:27 PM
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So until I can buy another tank I have a T'ish cylinder tank in the bed of truck. I have mounted the tank and have secured the fuel pump on pass frame channel close to tank as possible underneath. I have a 30amp inline fuse off the "-" side of battery to the fuel pump and grounded fuel pump. I will later tonight mount cutoff fuel valve near carb inside frame and I have a toggle switch to...08-04-2018, 05:19 PM
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36 V8.
12v setup.
I had it running a few times now but it is a real pain to get going.
I accidentally left the key on and drained the battery, and in the process burned up the coil. Just put a new one on and have spark now. But for some reason all it does is sputter and backfire out of the carbs.
do any of you guys have suggestions for what to try next?
move poured gas...09-10-2020, 05:16 PM -
The 28 pickup that my brother owns has had fuel problems. We cleaned the tank out pretty well but the pencil filter in the petcock keeps getting debris and starving the carburetor for fuel. He drives it a bit and carries a wrench with him. When the fuel system plugs, he removes it at the carb and blows into the fuel line until he hears the bubbling in the fuel tank. Off it starts and home he goes....09-09-2020, 11:58 AM
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