'85 Problem Child

[DirtBronco]

After a 5 year hiatus of mental and fiscal stability, I made the decision to harm myself with another project

Carb'd 6cyl, RWD, Manual.
This and a 300SL - Practically identical


Mostly unmodified aside from the paint and I love the way it looks.
The junkyard gods were also kind enough to bless me with a Duraspark system that will be going on shortly.

There's a laundry list of small issues that need fixing:
First carbureted vehicle I've owned and what a way to start... idle is high and full of misfires.
Fuel tank wont accept more than a shot glass of 87 at a time so I'm guessing that's a kinked or collapsed filler neck.
All the window rubber is rotted. Door cards are trashed. Pretty sure it needs a clutch and throwout bearing.
and all the instrument gauges are dead.

It's good to be back. Bring it on.

 

[franklin2]

On the fuel filling problem, look out for a small pipe inside the large pipe. That small pipe inside the filler pipe directs the air away from the fuel when you are filling. It can become dislodged or even someone may have unknowingly taken it out. When you are pouring all that fuel in the tank at a high rate, a lot of air is coming out to give it room. If this air gets into the fuel stream, it can cause splashing and the splashing fuel will make the station nozzle cut off early.

 

[DirtBronco]

On the fuel filling problem, look out for a small pipe inside the large pipe. That small pipe inside the filler pipe directs the air away from the fuel when you are filling. It can become dislodged or even someone may have unknowingly taken it out. When you are pouring all that fuel in the tank at a high rate, a lot of air is coming out to give it room. If this air gets into the fuel stream, it can cause splashing and the splashing fuel will make the station nozzle cut off early.

the seller mentioned "the filler neck collapsed". Looking at hose from under the bed, I didn't see any cracks so it sounds like the smaller tube detaching may be the problem.
Is it possible to reattach/reuse the old tube? I can't find any complete parts, just the outer tube on fillernecksupply.com

 

[franklin2]

Yes. It changed sometimes through the years, but most of them have a clip on the tank nipple that the small pipe fits into, and another clip on the metal part of the filler neck near the top that holds it high up out of the stream of fuel as you are filling.

The earlier larger trucks have this problem also. So much so, that Ford changed it around sometime around 87 or so. Instead of the fuel going down the large hose and air coming out the small hose, they fastened a small hose directly to the center of the neck where the station filler goes, and fuel goes down the small hose and air comes up the large hose. It does work better. Not sure if they made this change on the rangers.