Ritch, I used to suffer through excruciatingly long gas fill up times
and never knew when my tanks were full. I mentioned this to Alex Sirum
and he advised that over the years the vent line on top of the tanks
will get bounced out of it's grooved space on top of the tank and then
is partially crushed, reduced venting equals long fill up times. When
your tanks are empty or very close to it, drop them and replace the vent
lines. I now set the pump handle on the slowest setting, go about
cleaning the windshield, checking oil and hand checking wheel temp. When
the automatic shutoff clicks off I wait till the gurgling sound stops
and then put it on the slow setting again and when it clicks off a
second time, I'm full.
Jim Bolick
'73 Painted Desert
and never knew when my tanks were full. I mentioned this to Alex Sirum
and he advised that over the years the vent line on top of the tanks
will get bounced out of it's grooved space on top of the tank and then
is partially crushed, reduced venting equals long fill up times. When
your tanks are empty or very close to it, drop them and replace the vent
lines. I now set the pump handle on the slowest setting, go about
cleaning the windshield, checking oil and hand checking wheel temp. When
the automatic shutoff clicks off I wait till the gurgling sound stops
and then put it on the slow setting again and when it clicks off a
second time, I'm full.
Jim Bolick
'73 Painted Desert
