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I was driving my 84 J10 with 360 and it just died 45 miles away from home no sputter just driving at 60 mph and the engine shut down. it would turn over, tried to fire once and then cranked the battery down and had had to call AAA.
I'd just upgraded the the distributor to the newer Ford and though maybe I overtaxed the old ignition so replace the ignition box and went through various trouble shooting and found no fuel to be the culprit. If I dump gas in the carb it tries to fire. I pulled the line before the filter and nothing bone dry, I dumped mpre gas in the tank and nothing, I replaced the fuel pump with a new on and still no go everything bone dry, ok fine I decided to bypass the tank and lines and I ran the new fuel pump line into a 1 gallon can of gas instead of the tank and nothing comes out... everything still bone dry even with a free line and no filter.. out of frustration/desperation.. I ran over to NAPA and bought a cheapo electric fuel pump and now it fires right up and seems to drive ok...
however beeing a bit of old school Keep it simply stupid, Im not sure I trust and electric fuel pump especially the cheapest one, and I want to fix it right.. so now Im a bit perplexed what the issue is? if the issue was the tank, line sender, or sleeve, etc.. then shouldn't I have gotten something out of the new fuel pump ran directly into a gas can? at least som gas spilling out?.. I know its not a good air seal but shouldn't the new fuel pump pull gas out of a gallon of gas? what are the odds the second fuel pump doesnt work too? could I have bolted it in wrong missing the gear?? did the fuel pump gear on the cam wear? break off? it all seems a bit of a stretch.. but at this point it doent look like I have much choice but to pull the tank, pull the front cover and replace everything. even if the electric fuel pump works now, no guareentee whatever problem its temporarily by passing won't get worse and if the gear did break now I got metal floating around in a previously good motor... anybody have a similar issues with the 360?
I'd just upgraded the the distributor to the newer Ford and though maybe I overtaxed the old ignition so replace the ignition box and went through various trouble shooting and found no fuel to be the culprit. If I dump gas in the carb it tries to fire. I pulled the line before the filter and nothing bone dry, I dumped mpre gas in the tank and nothing, I replaced the fuel pump with a new on and still no go everything bone dry, ok fine I decided to bypass the tank and lines and I ran the new fuel pump line into a 1 gallon can of gas instead of the tank and nothing comes out... everything still bone dry even with a free line and no filter.. out of frustration/desperation.. I ran over to NAPA and bought a cheapo electric fuel pump and now it fires right up and seems to drive ok...
however beeing a bit of old school Keep it simply stupid, Im not sure I trust and electric fuel pump especially the cheapest one, and I want to fix it right.. so now Im a bit perplexed what the issue is? if the issue was the tank, line sender, or sleeve, etc.. then shouldn't I have gotten something out of the new fuel pump ran directly into a gas can? at least som gas spilling out?.. I know its not a good air seal but shouldn't the new fuel pump pull gas out of a gallon of gas? what are the odds the second fuel pump doesnt work too? could I have bolted it in wrong missing the gear?? did the fuel pump gear on the cam wear? break off? it all seems a bit of a stretch.. but at this point it doent look like I have much choice but to pull the tank, pull the front cover and replace everything. even if the electric fuel pump works now, no guareentee whatever problem its temporarily by passing won't get worse and if the gear did break now I got metal floating around in a previously good motor... anybody have a similar issues with the 360?
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