Thanks guys! I appreciate your insight!! 

Paul, I actually thought about a fuel filter today and wondered why my car didn't have one. Where in the line is yours?

Thanks!

Kevin

1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 292 Fordomatic

  
Webb City, Missouri

While I can't speak to a 56, in 55 I believe there was a filter bowl under the pump.

Don

Thanks Don.

I will look at mine tomorrow.

Kevin

1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 292 Fordomatic

  
Webb City, Missouri

Not sure my fuel pump has a filter however, it looks like I could possibly put an in-line one before the pump on the rubber hose. 



1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 292 Fordomatic

  
Webb City, Missouri

I notice 3 things from this pic:
The road draft tube is similar to the T bird set up, the pass car ones are straight down with an angle cut off
The Fuel pump does not have a filter on it,  it is for some other application possibly a FE engine
The Xmission cooling lines are hose while the stock ones were definitely steel tube.  Some hose might be OK for ATF but ATF is a pretty good solvent and it would attack heater hose pretty quickly and this looks like heater hose

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

Good eye Doug!

I am not surprised about the rubber tranny cooler lines if you look up in my earlier reply about this car. I will also get those traded out for the correct lines.

Kevin

1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 292 Fordomatic

  
Webb City, Missouri

Kevin: my fuel filter is a regular in line one, above the fuel pump. Several companies make them, mine happens to be a plastic see thru type, but most are metal. 


Paul

Thanks Paul,

Yeah that is what I have used most commonly on other vehicles as well. I have been thinking about the particles I found in my float bowl though. 2 weeks ago when I decided to go for my 100+ mile drive, I drove from home to the gas station to fill up the car, keeping in mind they have like a 17 or 17.5 gal tank, and my gas gauge was showing about 1/2 a tank.

On the way I was going up a small incline and ran out of gas so I called my wife who brought the gas can from the shop which had about 1 gallon of gas in it. I put that in and the car started and I proceeded to the gas station where I put in 15 gallons of gas.

So I believe I picked up some trash from the gas tank that I would not have normally done, just because it got ran down so low.

Kevin

1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 292 Fordomatic

  
Webb City, Missouri

If you want to look in the tank or make your gas gauge closer to correct I did it all in the trunk. I removed the cover under the mat and the 6 or so screws and pulled out the float; tank was spotless. I measured the tank depth with a wooden ruler, mounted the sender on a 2x4 sideways, set the float where the it would be hitting the top of the tank, turned the key switch to ACC and looked where the gauge settled. Did that at 1/2 the tank at the bottom of the float, and finally where the tank would be with 3/4" from the bottom and set that at empty on the gauge. Had the put a little "z" in the float holder to make it come out where I liked it.

If you don't want to put one of those plastic filters in the line between the pump and carb, consider how the T-birds did it with a glass one you can change. I bought an AC one off E-bay and a 5/16" line and three 5/16" to 1/8" pipe adapters from an autoparts store. I had a 3 size bender, tubing cutter and flaring tool already. (all are available for Harbor Freight pretty cheap) I made a copy of the bends and angles I wanted from a coat hanger and then copied that. I used two 5/16" lines from the parts store so I wouldn't need to by any other fittings. Remember to tape the fittings on the tubing near where they go before you bend and they don't go around 90*'s and 180*'s very well. I've enclosed a couple of photos.   

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Wow,

Thanks for posting the photos and the info on the sending unit and fuel filter!

Kevin

1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 292 Fordomatic

  
Webb City, Missouri