Date:         Sat, 7 Sep 2019 13:53:27 -0700
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Magnets to capture rust particles in Fuel Tank
Comments: To: Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com>
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Weren't such bowls usual on engines with a carburetor back in the day?
Certainly it seems like all the ones I had anything to do with when I was
first starting out with cars had them, including 1950s Chevrolets, Fords,
Ramblers, 1960s Fords, Dodges.  Maybe some of them were metal rather than
glass, but most if not all had them.  I think even my father's early 50s
Packard had that device.  They were dome shaped, or half-spherical, and
held by a metal clip like the bail on an old fashioned canning jar
(lightening jar).  Small engines like on lawn mowers often have them even
today.  I know I have a Cub Cadet mower that does (metal), and I have to
empty it periodically or the carburetor will foul.

On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 11:21 AM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> just throw in another idea...
> I remember having seen this device on my Dad's Renault car (it was long
> ago)... the fuel line goes from the tank to a glass jar then to the fuel
> pump then to the carb. Time to time my Dad unclip the glass jar and clean
> when he sees some dirt/water in there at the bottom of jar..
>
> dan
>