Part of the agreement I made with my wife and self, was that when I bought this 1968 130, I would sell her Toyota (which I've been driving since I gave her the 940 for our new daughter's protection).

When the car died due to massive crud in the fuel tank, when my 40 year old exhaust pipe broke, and when the passenger side drag link went kaput, I drove the toyota. When I finally got those issues resolved, I put the toyota up for sale and it went quickly - listed on craigslist on Friday, gone Saturday...

Anyway, I'm not fairly sure my in-tank fuel pickup tube is damaged. It's probably rusted out, but I can't see for sure. My previous experiences with bucking, acting like it was empty, and recovering when it was topped off, have all occurred around the half-full/empty mark (around 5-6 gallons). Since my inline filter is now working quite well, rarely clogging up, I think I can safely say that the previous cruddy tank issue is no longer the cause of the fuel starvation.

So, I need to fix this problem And I need to do it is a short period of time. That is, I must be able to affect the repair successfully in one evening or over a weekend at most. Since it is Sunday afternoon, I may just resign myself to topping off the tank mid-week.

The ideas I have for this fix are:

1) Replace the entire tube with a new pickup - a BBer suggested some copper refrigerator tubing soldered into the tank. (I should mention that I've had poor luck soldering...)

2) Insert a "liner" of some sort into the old pickup tube. A copper tube or some gasoline resistant semi-rigid plastic tubing... (This is a much faster and easier solution - but will it work?

How long is the actual pickup tube??
What sizes of tube do I need for either fix?


Any ideas or economical suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I now rely on this car to get me to work, so I need to get it fixed asap.

Thanks as always!