RE: [DMCForum] fuel suction screen was... DOGGY RUNNING "D"

["John Hervey" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Walt,
J.B. Weld is an excellent product, but I don't use that in the fuel tank
pick up screen when it will be sitting in gas 100% of the time. When I
talked to J.B. Weld about it they wouldn't give me a 100% ok. It may have
a
tendency over time to break apart or flake up. I use in my home made unit
a
fuel resistance epoxy with a aluminum barbed tube.
John Hervey

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxxxxx]
  Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:02 PM
  To: DMCForum
  Subject: Re: [DMCForum] fuel suction screen was... DOGGY RUNNING "D"


  > What is the model number or cross-reference for the Pep-Boys Fuel
Suction
  > filter that you are using?

  Scott,

  I was mistaken.  It wasn't a PepBoys filter, but I did look at all the
ones
  they had.  I also looked at all the NAPA ones too.  NAPA's model STS-5
  looked like a good candidate, but seemed a bit small and too
restrictive.
  Later at the Memphis 2002 show, I saw that
  both PJ Grady and John Hervey used the same STS-5.  PJ Grady's had an
  aluminum adapter fitting turned on a lathe with an o-ring, and John
Hervey's
  had a tube held in with gray (JB-Weld?) epoxy.  PJ Grady's is the better
  deal because you can always reuse the fitting and snap on another STS-5
from
  NAPA.  And if you don't like the STS-5, there are larger less
restrictive
  filters that will snap on to the PJ Grady fitting.

  The suction screen I am using now is a NAPA STS-36.  What I did was cut
off
  the end of the plastic fitting, and what was left fits perfectly into
the
  fuel suction hose like the original filter.  I later thought that part
of
my
  noisy fuel pump problem could have been from the suction collapsing the
  filter, so I cut the end open (it was a bit too long to fit squarely in
the
  baffle anyway) and put two small stainless steel springs in there I
recycled
  from pump-style shampoo bottles.  I used a small brass rod and some
JB-Weld
  to seal the end.  It seems like a lot of work, but I enjoy that sort of
  tinkering.  I was relating this story to Tom, and he said that he did
  exactly the same thing except instead of the JB-Weld he just melted the
end
  closed with a flame.

  The fitting that PJ Grady uses opens up some possibilities that I didn't
  have when I choose the STS-36.  Or you could epoxy in a piece of tubing
as
a
  home made job ala John Hervey.  Whatever you choose, make sure it has
some
  sort of internal spacer to stop the inlet from sucking too hard on the
  bottom of the tank.  Otherwise you might install a spring like I did.

  Can anyone say if DMC/Texas is using this same reusable fitting as PJ
Grady
  with the STS-5?

  Walt


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