Fuel pump stuff (everybody take a look)

[Cody Forbes]

Roy Wendell wrote:
> I did the same thing to get the majority of the liquid fuel out. My
> goal was to get the inside of the tank as clean as possible so I
> actually went around the inside with a Scotchbrite pad as far as my
> arm could reach. That meant that I spent a lot of time inside the
> tank and the fumes were killing me. That's why I decided to dry it
> out completely. The ideal situation would be to have an air powered
> venturi style vacuum but I did the best I could with what I had. Like
> I said, it's not recommended but I felt safe enough after airing the
> tank out for a day to use the shop vac. My tank is probably an
> extreme case as the 200tq spent about five years sitting on a lot
> before I rescued it. The previous owner apparently ran the original
> motor until the timing belt broke and then for some stupid reason
> thought that a podunk Ford dealership was capable of installing a
> junkyard motor from a 5k turbo. It never ran after that until I came
> along and towed it away. Why they insisted on putting an MC1 motor in
> a MC2 car instead of just having the head rebuilt I'll never know.

Aha, that makes sence then. Yeah the parts that stay covered in fuel tend to 
stay in better shape, so a car thats sitting (and not tip-top-full on fuel) 
will play hell on the tank. Did you coat it with something? They make a few 
products designed for that purpose, though I don't really know much about 
them. I know that at the old shop we used to send ours to a local shop that 
would clean them out and coat them with this thick red goo (think blood-red 
maple syrup) that dried on and supposedly protected them until the nuclear 
holocaust.

I worked for a Ford dealer for a short time after I moved (hey it's money 
hehe), and let me tell you I don't think half those guys could have swapped 
an Escort engine for another of the same year... especially not with any 
sort of quality. Ok, so I'm generalising a bit, shoot me ;-). I'd bet they 
didn't even know that the two engines were different.

-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'87 5ktq - Fast.
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