Screen for Gas Tank Pick Up Tube

BigSky

Has anyone found a good option for adding a screen (sock) to a gas tank pick up tube?  The od of my tube is 5/16 (.313).  

54coupe

On my '40, I wrapped a piece of metal screen from a screen door. I left it about inches too long, and sewed up the end of it with stainless safety wire. I secures it to the pickup tube with the .032 safety wire as well. This was done in 1999. No issues yet.

charles4d

I used a in line filter on my truck it has a new tank so i dont worry about any thing in the tank  its a see thru filter also

54coupe

I have an inline filter as well, but someone in the past sealed my tank, and it was peeling off and clogging the lines, so that's why I added the sock.

charles4d

Smart choice never hurts to have extra protection  

barrysweet52

If you use a 3 step tank sealer, the sealer will block up the original brass gauze filter soldered on the bottom of the tank. The pick up tube is often damaged where it enters this filter body. No problem if the new pick up tube doesnt go into the original filter just use a disposable inline filter.

ratlee2

What about this?

https://www.cjponyparts.com/fuel-sending-unit-filter-5-16-pick-up-mustang-1965-1985/p/FSUF2/

BigSky

I like the safety wire idea to hold screen on the tube.  I have an inline filter that I’ll be installing.  

Primarily I’m trying to keep anything big from getting lodged in the pickup tube from the crappy tank liner done by Gas Tank Renu.   They wouldn’t stand behind their “Lifetime Warranty”, thus just looking to make it work as best I can with what I’ve got. 

Old Fogey UK

BigSky said:

I like the safety wire idea to hold screen on the tube.  I have an inline filter that I’ll be installing.  

Primarily I’m trying to keep anything big from getting lodged in the pickup tube from the crappy tank liner done by Gas Tank Renu.   They wouldn’t stand behind their “Lifetime Warranty”, thus just looking to make it work as best I can with what I’ve got. 

Yuck !
I'm glad I got a guy at a steel fabrication shop to make me a stainless tank "on the night shift ".

BigSky

Yeah, I learned my lesson about tank sealers & so called lifetime warranties, both are big piles of bull sh-t!

tombia

Have used sealers for years and never had a problem.

supercub

I started using Caswell epoxy tank sealer after I found that Kreme became low quality.

BigSky

I never knew I had a problem until I dropped the tank to clean it.  Just because it hasn’t bit you in the arse, doesn’t mean it’s not about to bite!