850 fuel tank question

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850 fuel tank question

cherboy29

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Im totally new to this forum and Im sure many of you are "die hard Fiat owners" and I have a unconventional question: ok so I own a 1971 fiat 850 sport spyder and Im trying to get it drivable. I have a rusted out fuel tank with many leaks...to many to patch ( and don't have the means nor the desire to pull the axel and drop the old tank and put in a new one. I was thinking of dropping a small 5 gallon tank under the hood and running a tube to the "mechanical" fuel pump to the engine...has anyone done this? and maybe steer me in a directionwether this could work? wether the mechanical fuel pump will have enough power to work with having to pump fuel from that far of a length etc? thanks.....cherboy29
 
I'm still pretty new to Fiats, as well (I have a '74 Sport Spider 850), but it looks like a number of owners have retrofit electric fuel pumps, instead. The setup you describe, along with an electric fuel pump, should work.
 
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