Topic: Re: 1954-55 Sea King 12HP fuel line questions

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October 26, 2018 at 2:21 am #11675
huntleybill
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I am restoring a Sea King 12HP motor. It has the on board fuel tank. It also has the remote fuel tank hookup. Missing is the on-board fuel tank tank lines and valves. I do not know what exactly is missing and how to hook everything back up. I don’t have a parts manual for it either. I’d like to put it back the way it is supposed to be.

Does anyone have a parts book for this motor so I can see what is missing? …or
Does anyone have pictures of what this setup should look like?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Bill
October 26, 2018 at 10:09 am #84985
Steve D
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Others are more familiar with this model than I am so I’ll let them comment on the setup, but I do have a few pages of the parts manual that might help from Garry’s pile of stuff…and a pdf file of the whole manual.

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1954-55 Gale 12D11.pdf
October 26, 2018 at 12:46 pm #84989
frankr
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Simply remove the pump and lines and replace with the in-tank filter, shut-off valve, and hose to carb, as shown on the parts list.
October 26, 2018 at 1:29 pm #84990
huntleybill
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quote FrankR:

Simply remove the pump and lines and replace with the in-tank filter, shut-off valve, and hose to carb, as shown on the parts list.

Is there a setup that allowed you to use both? Or did the motor only come with one or the other? Or, did it just come with the tank setup and not the remote setup?
October 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm #84993
frankr
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They came with an on-board tank, with the remote tank and pump available as accessories. It was an either-or system, not both. However I did rig one up to have choice of tank.
October 26, 2018 at 2:56 pm #84998
huntleybill
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How did you rig that up?

Also, couldn’t you just take the hose off the external tank connector and plug it into the on-board tank and leave the fuel pump connected? Or is that way overkill?
October 26, 2018 at 4:01 pm #85002
frankr
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As you can see, I used a B&S pump, but any others would work also

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Note tee below carb, and hose from external connector to tee

On-board tank valve to tee. And hose from tee to pump inlet. Also hose from pump to carb

New style fuel connector has pin that shuts off flow when hose is disconnected (prevents pump from sucking air when unplugged)

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October 26, 2018 at 4:18 pm #85003
huntleybill
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This is fantastic…Thank you. Looks like all I need is a "T" to make this work!
October 26, 2018 at 7:55 pm #85014
huntleybill
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Looks like I don’t have that modern fuel connector for the remote tank. Can you tell me where you got that at? part number?

Thank you again
Bill
October 26, 2018 at 8:18 pm #85015
frankr
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Well I might have to ponder on that a few minutes. I might have gotten it from e-bay (??) I think it may be 393334 replacement for 376154. I do know they list for an arm and leg if bought new from a dealer. I’ll look around some more. I might have another one.

EDIT: Well I found one, but it doesn’t seal reliably. Sorry ’bout that.
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