The wheelbarrow approach to a problem can work- - - -"Roll a wheelbarrow full of parts up to the job, and swap stuff until it's fixed!"- - - -but there's a downside. With every part that's changed, there's a possibility of introducing a problem that didn't exist before. The more parts, the greater the chances of error. "New" doesn't necessarily mean "good".
Jerry
Well the tank required a shoehorn to get it in place but everything went in as it should. Bent new gas lines and got rid of that “fixed” look. cinched the flared connections together and not a single drip The fuel pump was the biggest problem. It was newer but had too much pressure. Now with the correct size and well rebuilt carb it runs better than ever. With only a gallon of gas in the new tank. I drove to the nearest non eth pump and filled it up. I took the old tank and threw it away so there would be no chance of someone trying to make do with it like I did. IMO for the fuel system. This is the best approach. I got a lot of advice here and I’m 99% sure only one guy was correct on the problem. Yet I chased almost all the responses and wasted a lot of time.
Rebuilt carb-$200
Gas tank-$150
New petcock with flex hose-$40
Gas line-$7
Fuel filter-$38
Pease of mind- PRICELESS!
Thanks to everyone for their help
Don
