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Well, I must give a little history here... I bought this 92 Bronco 2+ years ago. The wife was tweaked about all the miles I was putting on my shinny green lovely (insert Tim Allen noises here) 98F150 4x4 SC Off-Road :'( , glides on the beach like an M1A1 tank in Desert Storm, pickup truck. It also smelled like fish :P , SO, i bought the Bronco and it had a new gas tank when I got it... This vehicle has seen the beach a fair amount of time and I often clean the undercarriage... BUT I never made certain to forcefully remove the sand between the gas tank and the tank's skid plate. Between the saltwater, sand, rust, and gravel this cement like creation wore a hole in the tank itself. New tank and shield $400
2 weeks later, fuel pump died - drop tank and replace pump $400 after another 2 weeks in the shop...
3 days later getting gas, the gas pump would switch off as if tank was full when it was in fact, dead empty. I forced 87 cents worth of gas (looks funny on Amex bill) and brought back to repair shop.
where they said the fuel filler hose had collapsed internally. $200 for parts (no labor) but it was there for 1 1/2 weeks waiting for all the wrong parts to come in...
Picked it up, got more than 87cents worth of fuel and the next day the guage stops reading.
Yesterday at 5:30 in the morning on my way to work, it shuts down, and I had it towed in again....
I REALLY wish I still had access to a lift and air tools >(
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