Ol Yeller

[47v6]

I made it about a mile down the road before the jeep sputtered to a stop and would not restart.
While futzing around with the jeep a sheriff pulled up behind me.
After talking through the details of why I was operating a jeep with a Maryland license plate, I asked if he would tow me back to my yard.
He said he could not, however he would give me a ride back to get a vehicle to tow the jeep home.
I got to ride in the front seat of the cop car at least......
After dropping me off the sheriff officer drove back to the jeep and watched it until I returned with the Tahoe.

Should have told him you drove it out there from Md and finally ran out of gas on that one tank…

Remember that one guy who drove from pa to Idaho in an open top cj5?… see, it’s plausible..

I mean just as plausible as a turbocharged Volvo in a 3a..

 

[Fireball]

I made it about a mile down the road before the jeep sputtered to a stop and would not restart.
While futzing around with the jeep a sheriff pulled up behind me.
After talking through the details of why I was operating a jeep with a Maryland license plate, I asked if he would tow me back to my yard.
He said he could not, however he would give me a ride back to get a vehicle to tow the jeep home.
I got to ride in the front seat of the cop car at least......
After dropping me off the sheriff officer drove back to the jeep and watched it until I returned with the Tahoe.

Much better than the back seat for sure. My kind of Sheriff in your county.

 

[Rozcoking23]

I made it about a mile down the road before the jeep sputtered to a stop and would not restart.
While futzing around with the jeep a sheriff pulled up behind me.
After talking through the details of why I was operating a jeep with a Maryland license plate, I asked if he would tow me back to my yard.
He said he could not, however he would give me a ride back to get a vehicle to tow the jeep home.
I got to ride in the front seat of the cop car at least......
After dropping me off the sheriff officer drove back to the jeep and watched it until I returned with the Tahoe.

I would let you ride in the front seat…. Handcuffed..

 

[timsresort]

I would let you ride in the front seat…. Handcuffed..

That way he doesn't mess with the lights or anything

 

[Norcal69]

That way he doesn't mess with the lights or anything

I would let you ride in the front seat…. Handcuffed..

 

[Buildflycrash]

I got to ride in the front seat of the cop car at least......

I've never ridden in the front!

 

[Rich M.]

I've never ridden in the front!

Me either...

 

[Jw60]

Me either...

It's not that great, the computer and rifle are all up in your space.

 

[givemethewillys]

It's not that great, the computer and rifle are all up in your space.

I never had a problem with that in the drivers seat

 

[Buildflycrash]

I never had a problem with that in the drivers seat

Did you seal a police car to?

 

[GeoffreyL]

Did you seal a police car to?

My uncle Woody did, years ago during the winter in the beach town he lived in. They left it running when they went into a store, he took it and drove off and parked it between two vacant summer homes. Took them 2 weeks to find it.

 

[Rozcoking23]

I never had a problem with that in the drivers seat

Me either.

 

[givemethewillys]

Did you seal a police car to?

Hahaha 15 years in law enforcement before I moved on to IT auditing

 

[Norcal69]

I put Ol Yeller under the carport for a while so that I could get my jeep ready for the Rubicon.
There were some lingering engine running issues making me crazy that I attributed to a fuel supply issue.
We suspected a rusty tank was not helping the situation so Rich had a tank and sending unit delivered.
Rich is either learning that I am an expensive friend.... or he is just afraid I wont let him go on the Rubicon trip if his jeep is not 100% up to my standards......
Maybe its both....

Draining the brand new fuel filter.......
No, that's not bbq sauce.....
That's the fuel in the filter after jumping the fuel pump relay and pumping 15 gallons of fuel out of the tank into jugs.

Time to trash that fuel tank and move forward with something workable.
Check out this Omix slop.....
This is the supplied fuel strainer and sending unit tube.
8mm (.314 outside diameter) sending unit tube and a strainer with a .385 inside diameter.
These two items came packaged in the same sealed bag......
I'm not a lawsuit kinda guy..... but I would totally sign on for a class action against Omix for making so many blatantly junk/ill fitting jeep parts.

In addition to the strainer never going to work..... the sending unit is not long enough to access all of the fuel in the tank.
The sending unit protruded 7-1/2" into a tank that it 9-5/8" deep.
Even with the factory strainer, there is no way you can pull close to the full 15 gallons out of the tank.

The solution for the fuel pickup:
A piece of 5/16" tube will slide snugly over the sending unit pickup tube. The tube is bent 45 degrees to put the pickup flat to the tank floor.
The submersible fuel hose seals the connection and holds the lower pickup tube in place.
The strainer is a fuel pump sock with the end cut off. There is a piece inside of the sock that prevents it from sucking flat and collapsing.

Fuel pump sock from Napa.

A measure/trial and error fit until the fuel pickup is just barley off the bottom of the tank.
I have used this same type of setup in my tank for nearly 10 years not.
This should get all but maybe the last 1/2 gallon of fuel out of the tank.
It is hard to see in the pic, but I used my inspection camera to look inside the tank and verify fuel pickup location.

 

[Fireball]

I put Ol Yeller under the carport for a while so that I could get my jeep ready for the Rubicon.
There were some lingering engine running issues making me crazy that I attributed to a fuel supply issue.
We suspected a rusty tank was not helping the situation so Rich had a tank and sending unit delivered.
Rich is either learning that I am an expensive friend.... or he is just afraid I wont let him go on the Rubicon trip if his jeep is not 100% up to my standards......
Maybe its both....

Draining the brand new fuel filter.......
No, that's not bbq sauce.....
That's the fuel in the filter after jumping the fuel pump relay and pumping 15 gallons of fuel out of the tank into jugs.

Time to trash that fuel tank and move forward with something workable.
Check out this Omix slop.....
This is the supplied fuel strainer and sending unit tube.
8mm (.314 outside diameter) sending unit tube and a strainer with a .385 inside diameter.
These two items came packaged in the same sealed bag......
I'm not a lawsuit kinda guy..... but I would totally sign on for a class action against Omix for making so many blatantly junk/ill fitting jeep parts.

In addition to the strainer never going to work..... the sending unit is not long enough to access all of the fuel in the tank.
The sending unit protruded 7-1/2" into a tank that it 9-5/8" deep.
Even with the factory strainer, there is no way you can pull close to the full 15 gallons out of the tank.

The solution for the fuel pickup:
A piece of 5/16" tube will slide snugly over the sending unit pickup tube. The tube is bent 45 degrees to put the pickup flat to the tank floor.
The submersible fuel hose seals the connection and holds the lower pickup tube in place.
The strainer is a fuel pump sock with the end cut off. There is a piece inside of the sock that prevents it from sucking flat and collapsing.

Fuel pump sock from Napa.

A measure/trial and error fit until the fuel pickup is just barley off the bottom of the tank.
I have used this same type of setup in my tank for nearly 10 years not.
This should get all but maybe the last 1/2 gallon of fuel out of the tank.
It is hard to see in the pic, but I used my inspection camera to look inside the tank and verify fuel pickup location.

I have a Jeep or two I should send down for you to "store" for me.

 

[colojeepguy]

I'm not a lawsuit kinda guy..... but I would totally sign on for a class action against Omix for making so many blatantly junk/ill fitting jeep parts.

Agree with this 110%

 

[Rich M.]

Agree with this 110%

Bad thing is it's probably rebrand Crown

 

[timsresort]

Tanks, Inc. has nice stuff. I am using a "floatless" sender. Very happy so far.

 

[Norcal69]

Working the bugs out one drive at a time.
it is finally running consistently enough to say it’s going to make the Rubicon trip.