What to do when your 100 miles from no wear and your Fuel Pump goes out

by Dan Edwards
(Christmas Valley Oregon.U.S.A.)

I live in the Oregon Desert and one time I was 100 miles from any thing still had a half tank of gas and my fuel pump went out.

So what I did was take off my gas cap drove a hole in the center of it with a punch then I robed the longest vacuum hose I could find under the hood. Plugged the vacuum leaks with a couple of twigs whittled to a point. Then I put one end of the vacuum hose into the gas cap and this hose wasn't very long so I put my spare tire on the roof of my rig as close the gas tank as I could get it then took out the valve stem core and forced the vacuum hose over it. It worked great got me all the way back home 100 miles with air left in my spare.

Now days I carry a spare gas cap with a tire valve stem threaded into it and a hose long enough to reach the back of my pickup and a portable air compressor. I do suggest if you are going to make you this set up that you use a grade of hose that is made for gasoline because the vacuum hose will work in a pinch but the gasoline will degrade it and if you try to use a plastic hose the gas will melt it.

Take Care Dan.