Biff,
What you are repairing now is correct. You should have an arrow shaped
fitting brazed or sweat soldered to the end of your fuel line and a
threaded collar to push it into the threaded hole in the gas tank. The
pickup tube is a separate assebly inside the tank.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Biff Jones wrote:
> List,
>
> While exploring a minor gas leak where the fuel line exits the
> tank I found out that the fuel line was cracked where it goes
> into the compression fitting. This is on a bugeye. I can repair
> what I've found, BUT, do have a question. Is the fuel line
> supposed to go through the compression fitting and into the
> tank(aka, pickup tube) or is the fuel pickup tube in the
> tank a seperate piece? On mine looking in the compression
> fitting hole I see the pickup tube which is seperate from the gas
> line. Is this the way it's supposed to be or do I have a DPO
> fixit? None of the manuals I have show how this is supposed to
> be......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Biff, AN5, 'Kermit' & HAN6, 'Ole Gray'
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