I need a good diagnostician in the Sac area?

[GT390FE]

Hi Ray,
If you have a late Model Mustang tank with the fuel pump in the tank you most likly do have a screen over your pickup in the tank. It's pretty easy to check but you still have to drop the tank most likly unless who ever built your car put in an access door in the bottom of the trunk. Might check under the trunk carpet to see.
Dan

[UB DRMNG]

There is a fuel pump in the tank and another just out side of the tank. The external pump is a little white round cylinder about 1.5" X 5 or 6". Is it normal to run an additional pump with a super charger?

Today the goal was to test drive the car and burn up some gas! The car died twice in 3.5 hours. But that is much better than before replacing the fuel filter.

Any way my butt got sore before I got the tank empty so I dropped the tank and hooked up the internal pump connections to 12V and pumped the rest of the gas into a gas can so I could look inside for rust. To start with the pump ran fine but after several minutes it began running intermittently in an irregular patern of on off. I'm not a mechanic but aren't the pumps supposed to run all the time or at least until they reach cut off pressure? This one would stop pumping when I pinched the line off and it built up pressure, but it ran intermittently. Thinking this could be the problem I bought another pump.

While the pump was out I looked in the tank and it looked clean and shiney no rust in sight, but when I was putting the new pump in I noticed that there is a U channel shaped box like object in the bottom (baffle?) and I think the pump pick up goes in the center of it? But the strange (to me at least) thing was this box/baffle was loose. I could push it around in the bottom of the tank with a long screw driver! I am not sure but is this supposed to be secured in the tank?

What to do, What to do?

Oh, there was no access door in the trunk... that would be too easy! :-)

[UB DRMNG]

If I have to replace this tank are there other or better options than another Mustang tank? Maybe something with more range?

I see FFR offers a Fuel Cell w/22 gal capacity... way outside my budget but the extra gas would be nice for long runs!

[decooney]

Ray,
For what its worth - Dyno or no dyno, if after about 50 replies you get tired of chasing it - just bring it to Gary. 1st phone call is free, 2nd call to Gary is to schedule the appointment.

While it's in there, I'll bet ya right now he'll find at least 2-3 other things (or maybe more) that will help you to make the car better, safer, and more enjoyable. Gary focuses on the fundamentals saving you time and money zeroing in on what's obvious to him with a trained and focused understanding. I've seen it over and over with several FFRs that have been in/out of there, along with a few decades of other Cobras all fixed and improved by Gary. You'll be a forever customer, watch and see.

[jrjmac1]

Duane

Do you know if Gary has the equipment to dial in a distributor? I put a new one in the GTO and I want it set up properly and not depend on the factory set curves.

Thanks,
John

[decooney]

John, give him a call and see or he can get it done through the other shop, etc.

GT Auto / Gary is at: 916-638-8649

If Tony answers, tell him you are in the Cobra Club and what you need, and that you want to discuss it with Gary directly.

Duane