Golden Jubilee
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Re: My batteries keep dying and won't recharge!
50-60-70-80 years have not been kind to our old truck fuel systems. You have to ASSUME the "soda straw" that begins at the inlet of the fuel pump and goes to the bottom of the gas tank has at least one pinhole in it (probably several). It only takes one pinhole to cause you to walk home. CB has a general disposition against messing with stock systems but time takes a toll on everything. An electric fuel pump will push fuel to your empty carb bowl without cranking the engine over and killing the battery.
Get a good one and mount it as close to the tank as possible. But please replace all the fuel lines.
I spent a month or more cleaning out and repairing the holes in my D-2 gas tank. It was a mess! You can't go by the overall condition of the truck, my D-2 is in great shape, overall. My point is that your gas tank probably needs attention, too.
Electric fuel pumps and mechanical fuel pumps will live together if you have seperation anxiety.
I've been heckled on this site about electric fuel pumps in old vehicles but if you ever watch Chasing Classic Cars on TV you know that major classic cars like Pierce Arrows, Duesenbergs, Packards often have a later added electric fuel pump and fuel cell. If aftermarket electric fuel pumps are trusted in historic $3,000,000 cars then aftermarket electric fuel pumps should be fine in our old $1250 Internationals.