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**TimUK** · 03-05-2024, 01:46 PM

Getting my C10 from the seller in San Jose to home required 4 stoppages on the shoulder of various freeways and an eventual ride on a tow truck. It was 105 at the time.
I replaced the tank, The fuel sender was really crusted and its filter missing. Putting the fuel sender back in the tank with a new gasket was tricky. There is a tool.......but I fought it in. The tank was full of crud. There were two additional tanks in the rear wheelarches and a three way valve under the drivers seat. The lines were brittle plastic. You could break them with your fingers. I replaced all the existing rubber line connectors. Getting the tank out is easier with two people.

I wish I had sat down and set a goal of what I wanted my truck to be when I finished it before I started. It was my first project. I went at it a bit piecemeal and ended, over two years, with redoing things and buying more parts that I could have avoided if I had had a plan!! I have learned at lot though!

Good luck.

03-05-2024, 01:46 PM	#20
TimUK New Member Join Date: Sep 2023 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 6	Re: Purchased a 1969 C10 Short Bed - Pleasanton, CA Getting my C10 from the seller in San Jose to home required 4 stoppages on the shoulder of various freeways and an eventual ride on a tow truck. It was 105 at the time. I replaced the tank, The fuel sender was really crusted and its filter missing. Putting the fuel sender back in the tank with a new gasket was tricky. There is a tool.......but I fought it in. The tank was full of crud. There were two additional tanks in the rear wheelarches and a three way valve under the drivers seat. The lines were brittle plastic. You could break them with your fingers. I replaced all the existing rubber line connectors. Getting the tank out is easier with two people. I wish I had sat down and set a goal of what I wanted my truck to be when I finished it before I started. It was my first project. I went at it a bit piecemeal and ended, over two years, with redoing things and buying more parts that I could have avoided if I had had a plan!! I have learned at lot though! Good luck.