Today, my son and I were going to install a new gas gauge sender in his '52 1/2 ton panel. We weren't successful as we had difficulty getting the tank completely out (have asked for advice about that on the Panels and 'Burbs forum.) The panel has a 350/350 combo. Once we buttoned everything back up, it wouldn't start. If a bit of gas was poured into the carb, the engine would run as normal, but it appears that no fuel is getting to the carb. We removed the fuel line from the pump to the carb - no fuel in the line. Also turned it over - no gas coming out of the line to the carb. We removed the line from the tank to just before the pump - no fuel. I'm not too familiar with how the fuel system works on a 350. Does the fuel pump suck gas from the tank and deliver it to the carb? If so, does that mean the pump is bad? The fuel line exited the stock tank about 1/3 of the way from up the bottom. Does the fuel line bend down towards the bottom of the tank? If not, would we need to put more gas in the tank? It seems to me if that was the case, then the truck would run out of gas after using roughly 10 gallons. By moving the tank around I guess it's possible that we stirred up some rust and that could be blocking the flow (not sure about the condition of the interior of the tank) There is not a gas filter on the truck. Once we get this figured out, we will install one from the tank to the pump and one in line form the pump to the carb.Any suggestions as to how we can get this thing running? Any advice greatly appreciated.
