Galaxie and Full-size-Ford Lincoln and Mercy forum / 1962 Galaxie fuel filter question

**Posted by mxnocean** September 28, 2019 7:13 pm

Hey everyone, so the gas guage stopped working, dropped the tank pulled the sending unit out, found out there was a huge crack in the float, replaced that, and the filter at the end of the pickup tube was in pretty bad shape so I ordered another one for that. Question is that the new filter won’t fit snug enough to where the filter won’t fall off. It’s 3/8 fuel pipe and I made sure I ordered the correct filter for that particular year and sending unit. I’m I missing something or what??? How do I get the filter to tightly snug on and keep it from falling off into the tank, thank you for any replys

**Posted by Sanddoc** September 29, 2019 5:33 am

Is the filter like a "sock" just slips over the tube? If so
I'd just use a ( Zip Tie)
or a very small clamp...

**Posted by BKW** September 29, 2019 1:44 pm

mxnocean wrote:
Hey everyone, so the gas guage stopped working, dropped the tank pulled the sending unit out, found out there was a huge crack in the float, replaced that, and the filter at the end of the pickup tube was in pretty bad shape so I ordered another one for that. Question is that the new filter won’t fit snug enough to where the filter won’t fall off. It’s 3/8 fuel pipe and I made sure I ordered the correct filter for that particular year and sending unit. I’m I missing something or what??? How do I get the filter to tightly snug on and keep it from falling off into the tank, thank you for any replies

1957/79: There are only two of these puppies:

D1AZ-9A011-A .. Plastic Meshed Filter Screen 3/8" I.D. / Obsolete

1957/79 all FoMoCo gas vehicles except Maverick/Comet/Pinto/Bobcat.
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D1FZ-9A011-A .. Plastic Meshed Filter Screen 5/16" I.D. / Obsolete

1970/77 Maverick/Comet // 1971/79 Pinto/Bobcat.

Last edited by BKW (September 29, 2019 1:46 pm)

**Posted by mxnocean** September 29, 2019 1:54 pm

Ahhh that would make perfect sense, the option I was givin through the website I ordered the part from was a 3/8 filter, a 5/16 filter will be perfect, that for he info, it very appreciated

**Posted by 428cj** November 23, 2019 8:50 pm

Thank goodness for BKW being a part of this forum!