2001F450 drop tank removal and fuel mod

[@DeWaltManZ]

Thanks for the video man! That jack of yours is perfect for this application! I need to figure out a bracket for my standard floor jack to help me do this. Picked up a F350 with a 40 gallon tank. She loses a lot of power on the top end so Im thinking its fuel related. This video is going to help me out a lot!

[@bayoudiesel]

@@DeWaltManZ you are certainly welcome. And yep that old school jack comes in handy. Screens clogging and pick up foot falling off are common problems. Hit me up if any questions. Happy to try and help. Appreciate the comment and thanks for watchin

[@NC-qh7zq]

Your like the uncle I wish I always had.

[@bayoudiesel]

Thanks bud. That’s a pretty cool compliment. Hope ya enjoy and maybe pick up something from the videos. Feel free to drop a comment now and then to let me know how I’m doing.

[@NC-qh7zq]

@@bayoudiesel i did. Looked like a straight professional when I went to work this morning and had to Drop the gas tank in our work truck our f550. Surprised the hell out of my boss when he went looking for sockets and told him it was 8 millimeter. Haha! Your epic man thank you so much I will be subscribing and wAtching.

[@bayoudiesel]

@@NC-qh7zq that’s cool. Glad I could be of help. Hit me up if u need in the future. Have a great new year.

[@bondvagabond42]

I gotta do this to assess the ratio of old diesel to water in the tank on my project, and to repair the road salt rotted tank straps, hah. If it's Sunday night in a small town, and everything is closed, but you don't have a fuel line disconnect tool, you can use about an inch of the cap from an original size sharpy marker, you cut the bottom 1" off, and slit up the side, so you can slip it over the line. I use a pair of needle nose pliers but not to pinch, just to evenly push on both sides of the cap, some vehicles it's tough to get the old fingies in there. I'm sure lots of other random junk works, but the original style sharpy cap is a good model for figuring out which piece of garbage near you might work in a pinch, hah.

[@bayoudiesel]

That’s a great idea. I love hearing on the field improvising. Any fool can fix something in the shop with thousands of dollars of tools but making it happen without all that is a skill.

[@EdsPlace]

Thanks

[@1BigYin]

Great video, very informative. I just got my 1st 7.3 f550 (2002) to use as a farm truck. Dropping the tank next week to diagnose a leak and I have tubing and unions so I will give this a go. Any idea if the fuel sender unit is the same on mine?

[@bayoudiesel]

Should be very similar. 450’s & 550’s are both cab and chassis so should be very close

[@1BigYin]

@@bayoudiesel It appears to be the exact same, thank you.

[@bayoudiesel]

@@1BigYin you are welcome and feel free to hit me up if you have any questions. Not a bad job really. At least ounce you have seen it.

[@Logjam5]

Good video.

[@josephrooney2397]

I have a leak in tank same truck got few questions could you call me? Weird ik just don't know anyone else

[@bayoudiesel]

Send your number to my email and we can set something up. [e-mail]

[@bparker86]

Smh he said "bacteria is pluggin the screens" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Trail0]

Why not just remove the screens and put it back together instead of fabing up that extension ?

[@bayoudiesel]

@@Trail0 I like doing it this way because I see quite often that the black foot disintegrates and falls off leaving you sucking air when you hit 1/4 tank. This mod allows you to kill 2 birds with one stone.

[@mav_4338]

When I disconnect the fuel lines to I need to release fuel pressure first

[@bayoudiesel]

It’s best if you do. But also depends on what side of the pump you are on. Before pump has no pressure but after can so I will crack the drain valve on the fuel bowl and drain some diesel. You will need to prime the fuel system when you are done by cycling the key to on for 30 sec at a time for 3-5 times to burp the air out of the fuel system. Depends on what you are working on but that should help ya. Thanks for watching.