Fuel Sending Unit

Fuel Sending Unit was horribly rusted. To get it out of the old fuel tank we used a bunch of WD40, a screwdriver and a mallet. We'll be working to get a new sending unit tomorrow before we install the fuel tank.

Old Fuel Tank

Here are some pics we took of the old fuel tank as well as some of the material we found inside.

New Fuel Tank

Fuel Tank arrived via FEDEX today.

1966 Mustang Color Chart

This is a color chart that I got from : http://www.svs.com/zim/mustang/66colors.html
Jason Z. also has pics of mustangs in these colors as well as coverage of his 64 1/2 Mustang Restoration. Thanks Jason.

Fuel Tank Shipping

Ordered a new fuel tank and fuel lines from California Mustang on Monday and received a phone call today stating that shipping was going to be $140 vice $53 for 2-3 day shipping. Just went back to their website to check again via their online check out process and came up with the same thing ($53). Called back the company and was told if I would have ordered via the phone vice internet I would have been told actual shipping charges vice estimate based on price. So now we will be getting the Fuel Tank and Fuel Lines in about a week for $35 ground.

Fuel Tank

So now we are working on draining and removing the fuel tank. This job is still ongoing at the moment. As you can see, we do not have the most advanced method going, but it works and is a lot cheaper than a $40+ electric pump that you will use once to get the fuel out. If  you go the route we did, ensure that your line from the fuel tank to whatever you are draining into is straight and not looped up like a roller coaster.

What the...

With the new Fuel Pump in we were still getting no fuel to the carburetor. Once again we worked our way back to the inline fuel filter where we were getting nothing on the outlet side, but the fuel pump was working. When we removed the filter it was full of sludge. Next we started just pumping through the Fuel Pump into a bottle and you see what we got in the pictures.