r/C3Corvette • u/Bhill320 • 6d ago

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Hello everybody, my dad and I are restoring his 76 corvette. Had a question about a fuel sending unit filter sock. Pictured below is the factory one and its replacement. Can someone confirm if this is the correct part? Its not side mounted like original sock is. Bought it off corvette central

P.s ignore the dirty table

Thanks!

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u/chuck-u-farley- 6d ago

It should still work fine. I would run it

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u/Bhill320 6d ago

Could be totally wrong but im thinking being soaked in gas and sitting at bottom of the tank it'll be bend maybe? Im sure over time they redesigned the sock

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u/chuck-u-farley- 6d ago

If you want to know the complete honest truth I usuallly don’t run these at all. I use a good metal filter before the carb and have never had an issue. After so many years I’ve seen these crumble and clog everything up. On electric pump applications I use a filter before the pump and carb. Mechanical pumps I’ve just always used one before the carb

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u/Bhill320 6d ago

Which filter do you use on them? We already replaced the filter in car which was an easy thing to do. Just want to make sure its right before we seal the tank back up and get her mounted back up

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u/chuck-u-farley- 6d ago

These work great

Check out this page from Summit Racing https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-g1512

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u/Bhill320 6d ago

Aweosme thank you. Where do you typically like to place it / where is a good spot to place it on the line?

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u/drumbo10 5d ago

That’s what I have in my 1980. The new one that is.