wreckerman893
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In my never ending quest for cheap fuel alternatives I bought 55 gallons of recycled solvent (thought it was mineral spirits) Friday for $2.41 a gallon.
Turns out it was laquer thinner but I was commited by then (and prob should be commited now) so I put about 20 gallons in the duece and added a few gallons of used motor oil to lube the pump. The tank was almost empty by the way.
Sat morning I drove to the flea market with no problems. Later, I went over the Freight Trains to change the primary fuel filter. I drove about 20 miles to drop off some tires for FT and noticed I had a leak from the filter.
I made it home and was going to check the gasket on the filter but didn't have a one inch wrench to take it off.
Fast forward to this afternoon. I got a wrench and changed the gasket on the primary filter. NO LEAK....YEA.
I cranked the engine again to move the duece and the other two filters began leaking (pouring) fuel all over the block.
So I screwed up by using the undiluted laquer thinner for fuel. The gaskets are probably bad on all of the filters.
My question is: What else do I need to replace that could have been affected by the thinner?
I need to get the truck fixed in time to make the Tannerhill event next weekend.
All help is appriciated.
Wreck
Turns out it was laquer thinner but I was commited by then (and prob should be commited now) so I put about 20 gallons in the duece and added a few gallons of used motor oil to lube the pump. The tank was almost empty by the way.
Sat morning I drove to the flea market with no problems. Later, I went over the Freight Trains to change the primary fuel filter. I drove about 20 miles to drop off some tires for FT and noticed I had a leak from the filter.
I made it home and was going to check the gasket on the filter but didn't have a one inch wrench to take it off.
Fast forward to this afternoon. I got a wrench and changed the gasket on the primary filter. NO LEAK....YEA.
I cranked the engine again to move the duece and the other two filters began leaking (pouring) fuel all over the block.
So I screwed up by using the undiluted laquer thinner for fuel. The gaskets are probably bad on all of the filters.
My question is: What else do I need to replace that could have been affected by the thinner?
I need to get the truck fixed in time to make the Tannerhill event next weekend.
All help is appriciated.
Wreck