filter or?

[rochhound]

i have 86 b2 and i cant figure what this is or does ,when i took it apart it looks like it should have a filter in it.the reason im asking is i drove it on a 300 mile trip ran great, but on the way home it started acting like it was running out of gas.
as long as i kept it below 6o mph it plunked away with little power. i stopped in winslow ,az thinking it was possibly a filter all i did was tapped this filter and bingo took off and it ran fine. i know i have a filter on the frame rail forward the high pressure pump, but cant figure what this one does?

 

[Tedybear]

Looks more like a canister style fuel filter assembly. Rock auto shows the filter elements for a 86 bronco II/ranger with a v6.

Someone else probably has seen this before. It's a new one for me. I've not seen this exact part. Most likely the base unscrews and that is how you replace the element.

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[adsm08]

Early ones had a filter. Not all of them do.

 

[CarsonChris]

I have the same thing in mine. Is it a filter or another kind of a pump?

 

[adsm08]

In an 87 it is neither. It's just a reservoir to the HP pump has something to take up the slack during heavy acceleration.

The later ones don't come apart, but do have a screen in them.

 

[Hagan]

My '86 Ranger had a filter in it. Its canister with a filter in it. I'd unscrew the bottom piece and see what you find.

 

[CarsonChris]

Thanks guys. I'll see if mine unscrews.

 

[jkufen]

That is exactly what it is. It is the canister in the fuel line that holds the fuel filter. I had issues with mine as well in my 86 B2 and it had a leaf that was stuck in the canister clogging the line. The bottom will screw off and the filter just sits in it.

 

[rochhound]

filter

yea i finally pulled mine apart filter was pluged with fine particals.
the later models like my 88 b2 has a filter after the the high pressure pump
steve