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Also just to mention I completely bypassed the gravity valve that was by the fuel filler neck which had broken. It is running straight to the vent line that goes into the engine bay. I have not had any issues yet.

Just to post a conclusion of the story I had cut the screens out of the strainer and put in basically a skeleton just to make sure that nothing was missing that would cause a problem. I am running an external fuel strainer in line with the feeder hose. The truck is up and running like a champ. Hopef...

Here is what my contraption looks like. The screen sits in the little circle. The diaphragm is intact and looks like new. I feel stupid for not being able to understand what seems like a simple mechanism but I don't see how fuel goes through the screen and past that diaphragm. It looks like a blind ...

Well, thank you for the vote of confidence. Lol. It seems from what I can see though that there might be some other narrow passage ways after the screen. I wouldn't want those to get gunked up and there was a lot of crap in the tank. I think unless I can get that whole plastic assembly out I'm going...

So last idea before I get this back together. Some people have posted about removing that in tank screen entirely and running either an in line filter or no filter other than the one in the engine bay. Anyone here have experience with this?. I really don't want to have this problem again and it is m...

Haha not me but it's nice to know I'm not the only one. I guess those valves are still kicking around. Yeah I've talked to some people that just bypassed it and it seems to be ok. I've considered your hole in the bed mod several times over the last few weeks lol. In other news I got my fuel sending ...

I've been doing some more research into this and that part has essentially disappeared from the face of the earth. Now in my ponderings over this I don't see a reason why I can just plug this vent and use a vented gas cap instead. Any reason why this wouldn't work?

Well that damn valve thing broke too. And it's a discontinued part. Either I bypass it or figure out some kind of replacement. Is there any valve that can take it's place?

I dropped the tank since I needed to fix my fuel sending unit anyway and true to form I broke a bunch of god damn hoses that were so hard the literally had to be cut to get them off. One runs to the safety valve by the filler neck that shuts off I guess if the car flips upside down which then goes t...

Also just a note I replaced the fuel filter this year so it's not very old. My fuel gauge doesn't work so I've considered replacing it. Might have to convince myself to drop the tank.

That would look pretty good. It will be on my list. Here is some more information. At startup I get no bubbles and the engine runs great. When I drive it down the block it runs rough and I see tons of of air. As soon as I shut down the engine I see all the bubbles get pushed back to the filter. Also...

Thank you for the tips. Where in the fuel circuit should I place the gauge? Anywhere? What are normal readings?

I seem to be getting a significant amount of air in the line from the filter to the IP. I recently installed a clear line. This is causing the truck to lose power at heavy loads. Is there a method on how to look for the air leak? Apparently there are a million things that can cause this.

Problem resolved.... apparently the hard lines seat REALLY well and as soon as I jiggled them a bit some fuel seeped out. Got it running. Thank you.