Randall:
I do have the original nut but bought standard 1/4" glands. I'll
have to think about this one a bit.
Thanks
Scott
Randall Young wrote:
>
> Scott, the original line from the pump to the carbs was 1/4" od, as you
> found.
>
> The problem is, there was a special nut and gland used to connect the 1/4"
> line into the 5/16" fitting on the fuel pump. AFAIK, these are NLA. If you
> have your old nut, you can reuse it, but without the special gland, the nut
> is too short and will bottom in the pump fitting before crushing a common
> 1/4" gland. Overtightening will just break the pump (don't ask how I know
> this).
>
> Unfortunately I don't know of a good solution to the problem, perhaps
> someone else does.
>
> Randall
>
> > The line running from the pump to the front carb that I took off
> > when dismantling the entire car is 1/4" OD. All other lines that
> > were removed were 5/16" OD. The fitting on the shut off tap that
> > runs to the fuel pump is 5/16th OD. The replacement line I got
> > from Moss for the pump to the carb is 5/16th.
> >
> > Here is my question, if the line running to the front carb is
> > 5/16" OD and the inlet pipe on the carb's fuel bowl is 1/4",
> > how do you connect the flexible fuel line between the two
> > when one end fits a 1/4" and the other is 5/16"? If I go
> > with 1/4" line from the pump to the carb, will this negatively
> > effect my pressure? My preference is to use 1/4" line since
> > it fits better and is much easier to bend and to then use
> > 5/16th line from the shut off valve back to the tank. Again,
> > any issues with negatively effecting the pressure? What is
> > correct?
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