F150 gasser

[JLDickmon]

OK.. my wife drives my old truck, an '88 F150 4x2, equipped with the venerable 4.9L. I-6 and the infamous Mazda 5-speed, and dual fuel tanks. Remember the dual tanks part. -popcorn

Yes, I have rebuilt the transmission. Remember the dual tanks. -popcorn

This old truck is a horror to look at, and a handfull to keep straight on the road, but being a 2wd shortbox, you can wheel it in places some larger ATV's can't go... remember the dual tanks. -popcorn

so tonight I'm bopping home in it (family played musical trucks so kid could help a friend move)... remember the dual tanks. -popcorn

So I'm idling at a stoplight, look in the left side rearview, and I notice fuel running out of the front tank filler pipe. I think to myself, man, if this tank has a problem, I better empty it toot-sweet and flip the selector to "F" -popcorn

As soon as I flip the tank selector, fuel quits running out of the filler. Huh. That's pretty wierd. I flip the tank selector back to R. -popcorn

As soon as I do, fuel starts POURING out of the front tank filler pipe.

WTF?? Oh this is cool... the selector solenoid is FUBAR..

So I call Ford when I get home.. expecting to hear the part has been obsoleted (the truck is 20 years old, ya know...) not only is it currently available, the dealership has TWO on hand!

And my cost (through the shop) is well less than $100.!

Sometimes, I win one!

well, kinda; I still have to fork over some scratch for the new part, but at least I don't have to play the "run the front tank till it's empty, switch to the back tank till IT'S empty, then switch BACk to the front tank untill it's empty AGAIN" game

 

[atk]

had the same problem on my 94, but it did have a different set up for the duel tanks. i think Ford changed it in 92....well atleast you got the part to fix it and didn`t have to wait for it....

 

[fordtrucker4life!]

Thats a real clean truck for an 88. I have an 88 F250 4x2 long bed with a 460 that is junk. Those inline 6 ford 300's will run forever. Some sewer cleaning trucks I have use a 300 to run the water pump. I had one sit out side for 4 years in the elements. I figured it would be flooded with water. I put some fresh gas in it and cleaned the carb and it fired right up. It still is running to this day. By the way it is almost 30 years old with over 10,000 hours on it.