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Well, the floats weren't stuck...

ROADSTR6

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Gabe,

I would back flush the lines with denatured alcohol from the engine compartment to the tank fitting. You could pour the alcohol into the lines using a funnel and hose and blow in air from a filled innertube or air tank or you could fill up an old gear oil bottle with alcohol and just squeeze it to provide the pressure to wash down all the old stuff. I'm sure you'll come up with something. Ingenuity is the mother of invention, right? Good luck with it.

Dave
 
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