Well, I had thought when I removed the old fuel line from the tank
to the fuel pump when my restoration started, that I was going to make a
new one. After all the old one had a hole rubbed in it by the manifold
back in 1976 when it last ran. As I see it, this is what had to have
taken it off the road.
Today I took the old one to a hydraulic shop in the area to match
it to some 1/4 inch tubing with the idea I was going to bend it myself.
The technician said, "Want me to repair this one?" I had not even
thought of that, but agreed. $22 dollars later he said "There's good
news and there's bad news. The good news is, I fixed the hole by
brazing it with brass. The bad news is, the line is plugged in the
middle of the coil on the pump end, probably with rust." Now I have to
buy 12 feet of 1/4 inch steel tubing and start bending.
The pump end uses a regular compression fitting. The other end has a
one-of -a-kind fitting for the tank connection. I can cut this off and
a machine shop will ream it clean. (I'm sure I'll cut myself or ruin it
if I try with my Chinese drill press. Then I can sweat silver solder it
back on to my new creation.
I also cleaned out the threaded holes for the interior rear view
mirror today without taking the recently installed new windshield off.
I use a miniature crescent wrench to turn the tap.
Just cleaning paint out of the hole anyway, not hard to turn. While I
was doing this I was sitting on my new reproduction rear view mirror.
Broke the glass in half. I knew I should have gone to work today.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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