I once had a person on Powerstroke.org tell me the fuel pump was located in the fuel tank. This type of mis-information seems to be a regular thing over there. Anyway I hope to help people out whom may be considering pulling the gas tank. I have had to remove mine more than once to deal with contamination.
Unlike the early model trucks the fuel sender has a new design. Helping to keep problems away. What I hear about these units is that the fuel level float rod is made of steel and can sometimes rust and break. This will cause the fuel gauge to quit working.
The gas tank is made of plastic and the sender is held into the gas tank by a large plastic ring-nut. You will need a blunt chisle to work it free and they also sell a special spanner wrench for this as well. There is also a rubber o-ring to be mindful of when pulling this unit out.
Here are some photos of the fuel tank and sender.
Fuel tank
Top of fuel tank sender.
Fuel tank sender
Fuel pump pickup screen.
Hope these photos help others. Let me know if there are any questions.
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I once had a person on Powerstroke.org tell me the fuel pump was located in the fuel tank. This type of mis-information seems to be a regular thing over there. Anyway I hope to help people out whom may be considering pulling the gas tank. I have had to remove mine more than once to deal with contamination.
Contamination huh? What were the symptoms that lead you to that conclusion?
Doc, I believe the term is GOON. You are one of his GOONS.
*KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK*
Who's there?
Goons
Who?
Hired Goons.
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He's quite well, you haven't met him yet and probably won't. He deals with things on a much higher level and doesn't deal with micromanaging local issues and harassing boneheads.
