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    Draining fuel tank

    Actually I may take you up on that when the weather isnt raining every day here since I'd be doing this in my driveway. I found the replacment sock on Amazon of all places and got that ordered. Figured get it now since I'm sure I will need it.
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    Draining fuel tank

    SUCCESS!! Got the oil drained and refilled, put 5 gal fuel with some StarTron and decided to go ahead and try to fire her up. Took little over a dozen attempts, but she finally turned over and stayed on. I felt all tingly for a few minutes sitting in there. I let her idle for a good 15...
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    Draining fuel tank

    I did not know that. I thought i saw a post on the site that someone mentioned that the port is used to get water out of the tank if needed and that the tube on the inside went to the bottom. I see you have worked on several tanks, so you know better than me. Yes I do want to get the sending...
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    Draining fuel tank

    Well not knowing exactly how long it had been in there I didn't want to take the chance of running bad fuel in there to maybe complicate things later. my mechanic buddy thought it'd be a good idea to get some fresh oil and fresh fuel in there before i went trying to turn her over. he's a...
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    Draining fuel tank

    I almost couldn't see it cause it was in such bad shape - but got it off and started the flow. Thought the 7 year old diesel would look worse than it is - a urine color. better safe than sorry i guess. thanks everyone!
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    Draining fuel tank

    Does anyone have a method to drain out their fuel tank? I have half tank of ~6-7 year old diesel in my tank. I just got my started replaced and know that she cranks, but i did not want to try to start any further til i could drain the tank. I got a bottle of diesel conditioner to hopefully...
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