i actually finished the install of my new FSV yesterday, come to find out the old one was moving all my front tank fuel to my rear tank and i had to syphon the entire rear tank to replace the fuel hose to fit the new FSV. which took about 8 hours without a syphon pump bc it was dribbling outta the supply hose from rear tank under my truck into a bin.
got the new FSV installed now my tanks read correctly, i believe they always did but back tank just always read full so i assumed it was broken gauge i was gonna just live with for a while.
today I need to fully bleed the air from my fuel system since fuel lines were left open for about a week waiting on a part to come in. and then have to charge my 2 batteries bc they been sitting in cold weather not being used essentially for a month, been charging here and there to trouble shoot starting, both batteries from 2022 and they die out that quick.. awful. anyway should be able to bleed the air out today and hopefully it will start.
if not i'm running outta ideas.
UPDATE: 1:02pm MY TRUCK STARTS AND RUNS SO NICELY AGAIN, holy **** i am elated. I feel so accomplished, so I went to bleed the system to get this ole bird to crank and i was still getting some long cranks with no turn over but a few burps like it wanted to go so I crawl back under and I'm tracing the lines to the tranny and engine and I notice one of my fuel return lines off the back of the block as it goes down beside the tranny is pretty blown out and had some moisture around it, so i start fumbling around with the clip and the clip slides right off and i know thats a bad sign. i pull off the old hose maybe 14" worth and both ends are dry/heat rotted with cracks around the hose so I slap some new fuel line hose on it with hose clamps on each end and my truck IMMEDIATELY GETS UP AND GOES oh my goodness,
i leave it running for about 5 mins and am checking all the stuff i replaced, and no leaks, except now my fuel filter is leaking a steady drip every second but thats probably user error on my part so ill tend to that and my schrader valve is bubbling after i turn the truck off so i need to replace that, it was screaming the tiniest scream letting air seep out so ill pop a new one in and see what happens, man oh man i am so thankful for this website and the community you all have created.
quick question, where do you get replacement schraeder valves for the 7.3l idi fuel filter housing?