Cleaning out old Gasoline

[Doc Hubler]

Timothy,

Wish you were closer so I could help you, but you'll get things done. For cars that have been sitting, especially in Texas heat, I would just generally hit the fuel system as one of my first projects to get things running. Most old cars I end up getting, I just remove the carb and fuel tank and rebuild the car and take the tank in for cleaning and inspection. SOmetimes you get lucky and they're in pretty good shape. Clean/repair/restore tank. Clean fuel lines. For Toros, there's a lot of rubber fuel lines that need to be replaced properly from front to back. Some mechanics may struggle with that but insist they put the fuel lines back as they were. There,s a straight metal fuel line along the passenger side of the frame between rear and front wheels held on with clips. Easy to clean. The carbs can tend to leak if they are the old original Quadrajets. Look for evidence of that which includes the use of epoxy to seal some of the leaky areas or if there has been evidence of engine fire under the air cleaner. Have the carb rebuilt (Sparky's recommended). Put a new inline fuel filter before the carb. If you still have some issues with how the engine runs after that, likely causes are improper vacuum (leaky vacuum connections). Pretty easy to repair those. We already discussed issues with brakes, so I think you know what to do with those. You video was great, keep them coming. I think your car has cruise control. That's nice!