FJ40 fuel pick up

[csatexas]

Does anybody have a shot of the fuel filter/pick inside the tank? My FJ has been giving me fits with the well known fuel starvation problem. My tank looks pretty clean, but I get strange looking residue in the filter. I have re-built the carb, run B12 through it, checked the vacuum and wiring. It runs great until you push it on a hill or go above 50 (I know, just don't go up hill or above 50).
Has anybody just stuck a hole through it and let the fuel filter do all the work? At least you could see it when it fillls up with crap.

 

[spotcruiser]

You don't mention what year 40 you have, but the last Land Cruiser fuel pickup I saw was just a straight pipe sitting maybe 1/2" above the bottom of the tank. There's no screen in there.

Does anybody have a shot of the fuel filter/pick inside the tank?

 

[spotcruiser]

It's not a great picture, but that's it.

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[csatexas]

Thanks. Mine is a Sept 76. The line comes in from the side near the bottom. I just bought a new tank, but my old tank looks pretty clean. I just keep getting orange crud in my filter and she cuts out if you run her faster than 50. I ran a copper wire in the line and the filter or screen stops it.
I'm tired of not getting to drive my FJ and I'm going to figure this thing out. I blew all the lines out today, and they look clean. I wonder if it had some crud in the tank (bad gas/old gas/ bug, etc.) from a previous owner. It started doing this about two months after I bought it.

 

[DougAustinTx]

MY 79 does not have a screen on the pickup. I actually made a strainer out of stainless screen material and hooked it to my new pickup tube, . but it won't fit in the tank because of the internal baffles that are located right at the point the pickup tube ends. Could be way different on the pre-79 models. Your tank is so easy to remove, why not just take it off and do a thorough cleaning?

 

[csatexas]

I found a new tank for a little over 300 bucks, so I'm going with that. If that doesn't fix it, I'm going to install a Petronix pointless that I got with the Cruiser. He never installed it because it ran so well. I blew out the lines yesterday. The only thing that I found that was dirty or stopped up was the first tube on the separator was totally stopped up. Fortunately I have another one that works.
You are right about the tank being easy to remove. The seat was harder than the tank.

 

[csatexas]

FYI the filter inside the tank was almost totally stopped up. Just looking inside the tank, you would have never guessed it. I installed a new OEM Toyota tank and she runs like new. I have since cleaned out the old tank. Since I am the third owner, who knows what went in the tank. After all of the problems, I wasn't taking any chances.