fuel tank

[pacman5065]

I have an older steel fuel tank and the pick up tube fitting is welded to the tank.the pick up tube is missing inside tank.Can I use where the pick up tube was for a vent and use a 5/8 piece of hose with a black pipe coupling clamped in it and and a nipple threaded into coupling and the hose clamped to the vent port on tank? Will this get me by until winter and then I can find a tank.

 

[vegasphotoman]

Re: fuel tank

Im kinda confused! (wording seems confusing) mebbe Im a dummy I dunno

do you have a pic of it? post it or re word your explanation mebbe

is there already a vent fitting? whatever you do make sure its done well!

the fuel tank is one of the more dangerous things on the boat

 

[pacman5065]

Re: fuel tank

The vent on tank has a 5/8 riser where a 5/8 rubber hose connects.Since the dip tube broken off inside the tank I was wondering if i could swap the places where the gas is drawn out and vented.I would like to know if I found a steel pipe coupling that fit inside the 5/8 rubber hose and made the rubber hose just long enough to clamp on the tank and coupling so it will stay vertical on tank. then use a steel reducing bushing on the end that goes into tank and use a smaller pipe to go into tank so it will have a dip tube down to bottom of tank.then use a street elbow with a reducing bushing down to my rubber gas line size.This is all done where the vent is on tank.Where the dip tube use to be there is no problem enlarging to 5/8. I was wondering if a 3/8 hole is a large enough hole for a vent and it will only be 3/8 for only about an 1 inch then it will be the 5/8 the rest of the way.