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After 20+ years sitting outside, restoration has started with fuel

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John Birone

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Car last ran 4 years ago, and spent the majority of the last 20 years stored outside in Georgia. My friend who drove it last said the fuel pump died. I dropped the tank today and found this. Everything inside is rusted out. Not unexpected, but now I'm guessing the hard fuel lines are shot as well. Agree, or worth it to test/inspect? I had already ordered the rubber lines to replace those, but if I need to replace hard lines, what is the best kit and source? I can return the rubber lines I bought from LMR for their kit, unless there is a better option... Should I also worry about the injectors? Anything else with the fuel system to replace or check?
 

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Well, since you didn't say the year or even if it's a mustang and what you're gonna do with it, hard to give advice.
I say put a turbo on it, a good kit comes with jack stands.
 

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Need to finish setting up my profile! 87 LX Mustang SSV police car. Engine bored 0.030 over but mechanically stock other than that, converted to mass air with Ford EEC and wiring harness, shorty headers into off-road H-pipe and Flowmasters, Tremec 3550 with Pro 5.0 short-throw, aluminum drive shaft, "new" 3rd member with 3.73's, poly bushings throughout, poly engine mounts, KYB shocks/struts, Ford lowering springs, Lakewood uppers and lowers out back, and that rusted fuel pump was a 155 lph unit. I quoted new because all of this work was completed 20 years ago. Then I moved and put it in storage. I've been busy for a while! Now I want to make it my daily driver, at least when it's too cold or wet to ride my Softail. Hard fuel lines look fine on the outside, but so did the fuel tank!
 

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Sounds like some good parts on it. Just get a tank....Or maybe clean it up and get a new pump and filter.
 

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Already ordered new tank, hangar, pump, sending unit, rubber fuel lines, fuel neck kit, basically everything at the rear of the car plus the hoses from the hard lines to and from the fuel rails. Should I also replace the hard lines? Or is there a chance they're okay? Don't want to blow rust into the injectors, though they may be shot as well. Stock, old and sitting for a couple of decades.
 

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I don't see the pics I attached when I first posted, so here is what I found yesterday...
 

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Some issues with pics posting, the janitor is working on it so there is a grace period right now.
 

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You can blow out your lines from engine back. Ready for some pictures of this gem.
 

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Just upload your pics to something like imgur.com for free, then when you click on the pic in your album on that website it will show you a BB Code link (for message boards) and it will have a link that starts with "[img ]" and then has "[/ img]" at the end of it and paste all that without the quote marks and no spaces into here and your pic will show up.
 

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file size issues should be fixed. try again
 

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Nothing like a picture of a rusted out sender mechanism. I always wonder how does that happen. I'm on the Jeep forums and they get it too.
 

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Potomus Pete said:
Nothing like a picture of a rusted out sender mechanism. I always wonder how does that happen. I'm on the Jeep forums and they get it too.
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The ethanol in todays fuel, sucks up moisture like a sponge.
 

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Yeah this new E10 can be corrosive under some conditions. I stored my car 10 years with 100% gas and the tank was spotless. If I store my lawnmower with a carb bowl full of e10 I need to run it through the ultrasonic in the spring
 

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My car is put away for a while and I put Sunoco racing fuel in it thinking pure gas. I went back to put some more in and it says Ethanol.
 

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John Birone

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Sending unit didn't fare any better...
 

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Damn. That’s rough
 

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Yep. Gotta love ethanol! Hoping the hard fuel lines fared better. Is there any way to replace the rubber line from the fuel filter to hard line? I have all the other soft lines, but can't find that one. Is it only available with the fuel tank to engine hard line kit for $230 at LMR?
 

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Wow so much rust, as if it was stored outside somewhere in New Egland
 

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RockstarMach1 said:
Wow so much rust, as if it was stored outside somewhere in New Egland
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...or just full of Ethanol blended fuel
 
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