Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and Andy D
Active Member
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2011
- Messages
- 1,940
- Reaction score
- 10
- Points
- 38
- Location
- Marshfield MA
- Vehicle Year
- 94
- Make / Model
- The Rat
- Engine Size
- 4.0 OHV
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- to prevent Found On the Road Dead, Fix Or Repair Daily
The Rat is moving ahead. It started easily and I backed it out of the yurt. In preparation to put the bed back on. I replaced the filler neck. Where the filler neck attaches to the tank was split in several places. I gooped the splits with JB Weld gray silicone . If it works as advertised it should allow me to fill the tank without a smell. I'm glad I looked at the pickup too. The return elbow had sprung a leak. Not a surprise. It was real rusty. Living in the rust belt, this isn't my first rodeo with this. I figured out how to back off the pick up. It was rusted nearly solid. However a little tapping, banging and prying loosened it up. I took it to my bench grinder which has a wire wheel and a buffer instead of stones. Very carefully I took it down to bright metal. Very thin and pitted metal. The next step took the most time. Finding the tubes of JB Weld.. That took nearly a half hour. I have everything back together, but I won't run it til tomorrow. I coated both tubes. I boogered up the clip for the supply hose Can I buy one separately? Also the plug to the pump and gauge crumbled Are the plugs available? TIA
