Hi Blake:
Put the filter where your friend suggested. It's easy to install and to
service. Then buy a bunch of filters and be prepared to change them
frequently. I have the exact setup on my B and it works well.
John McEwen
>Ok...I've got rust in the fuel tank. It's going through the lines up to the
>float bowls in my SUs where it is causing my car trouble. It will run fine
>for a while then cut out. All I usually do when it cuts out is to restart
>it. It will run fine for a while longer until it does it again. I believe
>that the rust is causing it.
>
>Now...possible solutions: Add a fuel filter. I don't have a fuel filter on
>my car. It is a 1970 model car. Can I add one? Where? A non-lbc guy
>looked at my engine (just a friend), and he thought I could put it on the
>line that runs into the first float. He said I could get a plastic 5/16ths
>filter and cut the line, and put it on. I will probably need to drain my
>tank, and filter the gas back in, and keep doing that until the gas clears
>up also.
>
>Now...is that an alright place to put the filter on? Can it be done (I know
>it can...but what do you think?). Can I add it now and replace that line
>later to get the filter off?
>
>Any options and opinions are welcome.
>
>Also...I have the hanging oil filter. I picked up an inverted style filter
>thing for only $15 from a guy who works on LBCs. Should I replace the
>hanging adapter and put the inverted one on there? I was going to anyway
>(for convenience, and to go ahead and plug up a leak down there...killing
>two birds with one stone), but I read one of those tips in Moss, and they
>said that the inverted adapters are bad on the engine. Should I worry about
>this? Or should I go ahead and replace it?
>
>Well...options and opinions are wanted here also.
>
>Thanks in advance. :)
>
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