<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yep, that the FC plaN I Remember. Make sure it’s FULL!!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Larry<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 6, 2021, at 7:03 PM, Brad Fornal via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Frank would fill it with water, so no fumes were able to be trapped inside. Then bring it to a slow boil in a BBQ grill to loosen the sludge on the bottem<div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 5:59 PM brian via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr" class="">That sounds extremely dangerous. <div class="">Brian</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 3:42 PM Bruce Hamper via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks! I'll keep you posted on progress. I'm tempted to try heating the tank in the BBQ. If I remember correctly, that is what Frank C. would do.<div class="">Bruce</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 5:48 AM David Lieb <<a href="mailto:72spridget@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">72spridget@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class="">I would add that you want that filter to be before the fuel pump.</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 02:50 GUY DAY via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><u class=""></u><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">Bruce,<div class=""><p class="">The only way I have heard of is to pull the filter off by whatever means possible and then use an in-line filter in the engine bay where it is easier to reach.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="">I have also thought that a good reversed flow of kerosene or a fairly high pressure air line may do the trick but I've never tried that.</p><div class=""><p class="">Best of luck,</p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">Guy R Day</p><p class=""><br class=""></p><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px 2em; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0, 173, 229); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">------ Original Message ------<br class="">From: "Bruce Hamper via Spridgets" <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br class="">To: "Spridget list" <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br class="">Sent: Sunday, 6 Jun, 21 At 00:36<br class="">Subject: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Has anyone had success cleaning the take-up tube on original Bugeye fuel tanks? Mine is completely plugged. I've looked at the 'sock' covering the pickup tube, visible through the sender unit hole. It appears to have a latex coating on it. Needless to say, the pump cannot draw gas up through the tube. Any hope of repairing it? I can't figure out how to reach the filter.<div class="">Bugeye in St. Louis</div><div class="">Bruce</div></div> <hr class="">------------------------<br class="">
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