Re: station wagon gas tank, weld in pickup bung?

[Tom Hansen <trandco1@xxxxxxxx>]

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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:53:15 -0400 Doug Ahern
<D170A833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
> On my 63 dodge wagon, I'd like to run a 3/8" fuel line.   Does
> anyone have a suggestion or any tips on welding in a 3/8" bung 
> at the bottom of the tank to use a pickup?  would it need to be a
> NPT female end, or is there a different type of steel bung I should 
> 
> weld in?
> 
> The original pickup was 5/16" of course.  I found an NOS pickup 
> that
> is approximately the same size & shape pickup tube, and the sending 
> unit 
> float is  nearly the same travel.  I believe it is a pickup & 
> sending
> unit from a D-100 trunk.   since the sending unit is so pristine, I 
> don't 
> what to modify it by trying to replace the 5/16" tube with a 3/8" 
> tube,

 Doug,  As an idea, find another sending unit base plate, and run a 3/8"
line through it, with a pick up sock on the end. You can put a 90 degree
bend at the bottom, to lay flat on the tank bottom. Won't change the tank
any, and you can install a sending unit at a later date.  Since you don't
want to modify the sending unit now.
Tom in Dallas  

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