i doubt it made it down in your tank.you might be able to just take the filler neck off to get to it

 

it was pretty far down there. I tried to get it out but ended up pushing it down where it disappeared. This happened on the first 5 gallons I put in. I ended up putting 20 gals. total in.

 

Drop the tank when you have time, but for the moment get things back in order down there. Glad you made it through!

 

thanks, I'm fine and are one of the few with power. I just wish that my mouth didn't still taste like diesel!

 

i dropped the whole spout in the tank on a trator and never had any problems ):h

 

i'd take it out when you get a chance i remember my old man tellin me someone dropped a rag into the fuel tank of one of his old dump trucks and whenever he'd go up a steep hill the truck would cut out for a second! eek

 

It's made from petroleum grade plastic, so it's not going to disolve or something like that. The only problem I can think of, is of it gets caught up in the float area and screws up you fuel gauge.
Personally, I would just leave it. I doubt you will ever have any kind of problem.

 

X-3...

 

You could try one of the flex grabber with the fingers on the end- just a idea.

If you decide to get it out- you should consider lifting the bed up as it is ususlly easier that pulling the tank! I don't think it will hurt to leave it in until you find the time. Sorry for your stress with the hurricane and now this- It will get better- good luck.

 

Pull tank. Replace with Titan, problem solved!

 

Had my tank down last week and it only took me about an hour in and out. It won't hurt nothing in there but it's going to drive you nuts in your head. Hope things get better down there...

 

I wouldn't worry about it, like others said glad you made it through, I have been talking with a bunch of people from Texas (Houston area) and they said finding fuel is next to impossible down there with all the power outages. Hope things get back up and going for ya soon!!

Take care

 

Finding diesel has been a lot easier than finding gas. Also, having a 34 gallon tank has been worth worlds.... especially driving back and forth to Galveston the last few days(I'll try to post pics in my garage).

I drove out to Westpark Tollway and FM 1093 in order to make sure I got DRY diesel. There's a Kroger there that is $3.83 per gal and has short to no lines. You have to watch out for stations that may have had some flooding where water was able to get in the tanks somehow(vents or loose fill caps maybe). A few years back we had an fire engine fill up and get a bunch of water in the tank which wrecked havoc on that truck and it ended up needing all new injectors and lines. Truck stops should have enough turnover so as to be less worry.

 

I would not bother dropping the tank for that. I certaintly wouldn't for my own. IT's not going anywhere, and it not going to dissolve.

 

When I traded my 05 a few months ago we siphoned some fuel out first, It was a ***** getting the hose into the tank from the fill tube. I doubt the part you are missing is in the tank, more likely it is still in the fill tube.

 

Good excuse to upgrade to a bigger tank !

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I live south of Houston and it's almost impossible to find fuel. I siphoned diesel out of a truck from work today into some plastic 5 gallon gas cans. The damn plastic spout fell out of one and fell into my tank. Is this something I should worry about? I know the spout won't clog my fuel lines, just don't know if the diesel would eat it up and screw up my engine.

You should have disconnected the inlet hose between the filler neck and the tank,that spout more than likely would have been still in the hose.
I dropped a cap seal (I didnot see it was still on the bottle)from a additive bottle in mine,I didnot fuel up, I went home and removed one clamp and removed the filler hose on that end and the cap seal fell out(lucky).