Mike, I know EXACTLY the wire you're speaking of. I volunteered to
help clean someone's tank once, (I don't ever want to do that again),
and I found this same part. It seems to be made of copper and it was
not helping the fuel as it had green copper rust flaking into the tank.
It can be removed as it's just kinda jammed into the vent hose and I
really don't have a clue as to what it does. I sent an e-mail to Don
Steger with pics asking about it but he never replied.
It has a funny little head on it that's shaped like a - well it's like
a Water Willy. (A toy that hooks up to a garden hose I remember
playing with as a child in the 1970's). Used to beat the crap outta
me when I turned it on high!
Anyway, I removed it from the tank since it contributed to the fuel
fouling issues. The car ran fine without it.
Johnny
5518
>
> Okay, here's one I haven't seen and maybe someone can help. '82
> Delo, and have the fuel pump out, fuel float out, and the tank is
> clean.
>
> While cleaning the tank, I found a wire (about the size of a coat
> hangar) extending into the tank about 14 inches. Tracing the wire
> back I found it went up into the fuel filler vent line. Numerous
> attempts to pull it out were unsuccessful and I have yet to
> disconnect the vent hose to see what is fastened to. The wire is
> fairly stiff and the end into the tank appears to have a hole in the
> end about the size of a sewing pin.
>
> None of the diagrams show this item as being original, so my
> question is "why did the PO install this wire, and what is it's
> purpose??"
>
> As a side note, the PO definately went inside the fuel tank at one
> time because the fuel baffle system was bastardized and broken.
> Instead of the normal fuel filter in the tank, he had made a "T"
> fitting out of 3/4 plumbing, attached screens to both sides and was
> relying on the weight of the whole thing to keep it inside the
> baffle. Also, he used the wrong fuel hoses inside the tank and they
> had basically desinagrated into pieces.
>
> Mike
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