You said the outlet was near the sump, didn’t you? Any chance you could get an 
inspection mirror or a scope in there to see if it’s clogged or clear?

This is where my el cheapo Chinesium USB endoscope really comes in handy.

-D

> On Nov 6, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> Dang now why didn’t I think of that. That would be perfect. I had an old one 
> laying around here but I think I may have thrown it away. 
> 
> I could not get the music wire past the first bend, it’s too stif. I then 
> stripped out an individual strand out of a 10ga romex cable and I could get 
> it worked down about 2’ and it then comes to a dead stop. Wire is flexible 
> enough to make it past the curve in the pipe but just bends when it gets so 
> far. Let me see if I can find a Speedo cable laying around. 
> 
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> 
>> On Nov 6, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes 
>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> FWIW.
>> For small pipe cleaning, I use a speedometer cable in a variable
>> speed drill.
>> FMMV.
>> Fred
>> 
>>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 3:45 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 11:50:10 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I sure wish I would have done all of this before applying the coating.
>>>> Anyway I think I’m going to have to squirt some carb cleaner in there
>>>> and let it soak. If it’s dried up fuel in the line, if it’s like the
>>>> other crap I got out of the tank it can be rock hard. This has got to
>>>> be the worse tank I have seen.
>>> 
>>> If you chuck the wire in a drill and have it rotating, like Grant said,
>>> it will go in easier. Whether that will be easy enough to go all the way,
>>> I cannot say, but it's worth a try.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Craig
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