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Open fuel tank showing level sender, plastic reservoir, float an…

Open fuel tank showing level sender, plastic reservoir, float and pickup screen, labeled
Open fuel tank showing level sender, plastic reservoir, float and pickup screen, labeledOriginal file
Open fuel tank showing level sender, plastic reservoir, float and pickup screen, labeled

FDM Removal
Once the lock ring is removed, break the O-ring seal & lift the FDM from the tank. The reservoir will spill, and the pickup screen will spray fuel as it comes out. The O-ring should never be re-used.

That white object in the tank behind the float arm is a piece of silicone that somehow found its way into my tank. There are a few others in there, and occasionally, the truck would stall when they got pulled around the pickup filter, and blocked the flow of gas into the pump. I guess vandals stuffed them into the pump nozzle at the gas station.

To temporarily or permanently convert a '90-up 2-tank truck to a single tank, read this caption:

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