gas filler tube mod
03-30-2011, 06:17 PM
#1
Launching!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 213
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
gas filler tube mod anybody with an older GM(running a stock sumped tank) ever thinking about cut down the original filler tube, and converting it to a newer screw-on vented plastic cap? maybe getting a filler tube from a pickup truck, and connecting it to existing tube with a rubber coupling.... my 71 tank always sloshes gas back up the tube past the cheap quarter-turn crappy metal cap. would also eliminate need to vent tank from below with an open hose
03-30-2011, 07:02 PM
#2
Just make sure the filler tube end is not all banged out of shape, the ends usually get inverted inwards and cause bad sealing with the cap that is 40+ years old.. and get a new cap that has a good seal.. and straighten out the filler tube.
But, sure it will work. i used the one that came with the Impala tank.
But, sure it will work. i used the one that came with the Impala tank.
03-31-2011, 12:06 PM
#3
Launching!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 213
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
brand new, cheap chinese knockoff from ebay...cost me like 150 new i think....kickin myself sometimes....hahaha
gonna grab a filler from my boy at junkyard and get a rubber coupling and try it....
gonna grab a filler from my boy at junkyard and get a rubber coupling and try it....
