Hi All,
My current ex metal fuel lines have completely rooted out, does anyone have a spare set for sale please?
I can get new ones from Chevronics but as the War Dept is already doing her crust about having the car in the front garden I am limited to how much cash I can squirrel away to get her up and running
Thank you in advance
Regards
Mac
Chevronics, £60ish plus postage for the set is about the same as I last paid at the dealer. Do you really want the bother of fitting used ones only to find they fail again? Maybe just do the supply line while you get the car going?
TIP: I found the metal supply pipe is quite difficult to fit at the tank end. If you dont fit it far enough into the hose from the tank then it protrudes down below the sill and does not look right.
I ended up shortening the metal pipe a bit to get it to sit where it should be.
I also spray painted the pipe before fitting to give it protection from the weather.
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Jaba wrote: Fri Dec 07, 2018 6:12 pm
I ended up shortening the metal pipe a bit to get it to sit where it should be.
I also spray painted the pipe before fitting to give it protection from the weather.
Ditto, although I didnt trim until about 3 years after fitting
Brilliant tips thanks, I was trying to be a bit POSBEE just to confirm if she is actually sound rather than throwing lots of money at it, once I get the old girl running I will deffo do a proper job but not looking at a minter just solid and relable
I ve replaced mine with copper pipes when they needed changing but mines a diesel they are 10mm and 8mm which can easy be shaped and don't rot.
Got them from a pumpers supplyer and also caravan supply will do them.
Spot on, thank you, checked over and cleaned the earth points and the electrical connections this afternoon, once the tubing arrives I will check and confirm the fuel system is functioning and then might give it a go at a start up, fingers crossed
Kitch wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:00 pm
I see your copper, and raise you Kunifer.
A bit overkill for fuel line though. And is it even available in 8mm and 10mm...?
Actually, if I was doing it again and didn't already have some copper in stock, I'd use nylon pipe.
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Kitch wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:00 pm
I see your copper, and raise you Kunifer.
A bit overkill for fuel line though. And is it even available in 8mm and 10mm...?
Actually, if I was doing it again and didn't already have some copper in stock, I'd use nylon pipe.
I proudly showed the boat safety certificate inspector a Webasto I'd beautifully plumbed in with nylon pipe, as sold perfectly legally by a Webasto supplier for lorries. He failed me as it wasn't fire proof. I could see his point once he explained. If there was a fire in the engine bay, the pipes wouldn't last five minutes and you can guess the rest. He insisted on a certain standard (maybe BS.... but could have been another) which I have forgotten.
There is of course fire resistant fuel hose which you can get which combines the ease of installation of Kev's nylon pipe idea and satisfies fire safety concerns also like a metal pipe.
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But... The solid pipe (whatever it's made from) doesn't go into the engine bay. It is joined to the system by lovely, flammable rubber (ok, Synthetic rubber but still flammable) pipe. And that's much closer to any source of ignition or heat than the soild bits are.
Anyway, the first thing that happens when nylon pipe gets a bit too hot for comfort is it shrinks, so in the event it gets too hot, it wil at least temporarily starve the engine/fire rather than pour fuel on the flames...
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Kitch wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:00 pm
I see your copper, and raise you Kunifer.
A bit overkill for fuel line though. And is it even available in 8mm and 10mm...?
Actually, if I was doing it again and didn't already have some copper in stock, I'd use nylon pipe.
Hardly overkill. It's not much more expensive than copper (like a couple of quid), and doesn't corrode as quickly or work-harden as much. I buy it in 8mm lengths all the time, as we plumb the TVRs out in it.
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