Harvey Repairs

I dropped the tank AGAIN and took the whole thing apart. I discovered the brass cylinder float for the fuel sensor had a hole in it, so it wasn’t floating at all. No wonder the fuel gauge didn’t work! After contemplating just putting on a cork, I went to the local Ford dealer and bought a new brass float for $7.

I also purchased a new internal fuel pump. There was no aftermarket pump for my assembly, so I had to rig a retro-fit design.

Here is my tank with fuel sending/sensor unit on top. The fuel pump didn’t fit the intake, so I had to loop a section of fuel tubing to go from the fuel pump to the fuel feed line. While I had all this apart, I completely cleaned the inside of the gas tank (it came very clean, I was pleased).

Here is my buddy Pat-O helping me test the pump. It is a strange feeling to hook an electric pump up and drop it in gasoline and then touch the wires to a battery! But- no explosions, everything worked exactly as it should.

All that is left (that I know of) is a new water pump and we should be good to go, hopefully salvaging some of the summer.