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I appear to have an issue with excessive rusty sediment in my fuel filter. Man, am I ever glad that filter's there... I don't fancy digging that crap out of my carburetor!

What kind of magnet should I get to attempt to collect that in my tank until such a time as I run the old girl out of gas and can remove the tank and clean the bloody thing out?

I searched the forums, but didn't find an answer.

Thanks in advance for any assistance that you are able to render.

AD makes a good point. It might be worth the effort to scrape some rust off of something and see if it's drawn to a magnet. Even if it is magnetic I believe the tanks were chambered so dropping a magnet-on-a-string in your tank probably wouldn't accomplish much. It's probably time to bite the bullit and pull the tank. It's not a fun job but once you're done, you're done.

That's what I was afraid of...

I went into town with the truck yesterday (my first real outing!) and it wouldn't start back up after I'd shut it off.

I had my friend tow me over to his house and we looked at the filter. We cleaned out the bowl and replaced the element, and it seemed to work well after we put the charger on it.

It got home, anyway. It doesn't start now, but it's a little run down. I'm thinking really hard about having a peek at some 00 gauge battery cables.

Now all I have to do is figure out where I put my charger...

is this a truck thats been sitting around for along tome..???? dont forget to clean or blow the fuel lines too.... and the fuel line inside the tank itself can get rusty and plug up...