SkinnyG's '61 Apache

[SkinnyG]

Oh dang.

Fuel pump or fuel pump related.

[SkinnyG]

Truck is at home in the house garage, up on jack stands in anticipation of dropping the fuel tank.

Not tomorrow though - I have physio after work, and while I usually have dreams of coming home and working on stuff, I'm usually lucky if I can even tie my shoes after the IMS and elecro-shock.

[caseyjones]

Looks like you were on a nice drive until it wasn’t. Hope the fix is simple!

[SkinnyG]

The fuel pump relay was clicking, and I tried bypassing the relay and powering the pump directly, but it wasn't working. I think it's the connection inside the tank. I remember building it going "this seems rinky-dink."



I re-did the internal connections , and it is now "robust."

[verdell]

Originally Posted by SkinnyG

The fuel pump relay was clicking, and I tried bypassing the relay and powering the pump directly, but it wasn't working. I think it's the connection inside the tank. I remember building it going "this seems rinky-dink."



I re-did the internal connections , and it is now "robust."

I went through a similar situation with the exact same fuel tank set up in my '60. After redoing (soldering) the sending unit connections and running a solid length of 10 gauge wire, it's running better than ever.

[SkinnyG]

Old and busted "hot" connection for the fuel pump (I'm using a Walbro 450):





I removed that gray connector, and crimped/soldered/heat-shrunk all the wires to their respective pins, with 12ga wire to the pump. There should be no problem now.