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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9 | This is just a big THANK YOU to Stovebolt for such awesome help. I usually just search old threads to find out what might be going on - seems like the same problems occur in most vehicles. I had this fuel delivery issue which has stumped me for some time - I could get the thing started, but the fuel would cut out without pattern. Thanks to this website, I systematically went through each piece - and got a clutch driver out of it (to remove sending unit). A little metal piece was in the pickup tube and would float around - sticking at one end and cutting off fuel. To the best of my knowledge, it is the metal end of a glass automotive fuse. Surprisingly, the rest of the tank is in good shape - probably replaced in the 70s or 80s. So I put a mesh sock from Jim Carter on the pickup tube. Learned a lot from this process and now have no fear of systematically figuring out fuel vs fire in the future (oh yeah, I also rebuilt the ignition system). See pic of metal "fuel stopper." Dime added as size reference. http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af240/1954GMC100/?action=view¤t=GasLineClogger.jpg
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | That IS bazaar but not the strangest thing I've heard of. I'm glad you were able to track it down.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 422 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 422 | That looks like a rifle or pistol cartridge primer! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 275 | Always nice to hear how something turned out in the end.
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