[Spridgets] Lin's Facet Fuel Pump Questions

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Tue May 17 13:27:22 MDT 2011


Facet install. I hope the picture showes I haven't tryed an attach before.
Bill W
Puyallup Wa




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From: Linda Grunthaner
<grunthaner at gmail.com>
To: Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com>
Cc:
"spridgets at autox.team.net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011
9:58:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Lin's Facet Fuel Pump Questions

Ok thanks
I'll go to the store I do need to sealthe threasds right but
with what?
Lin
On Monday, May 16, 2011, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> The answer
to this problem is simple.  I have a Facet on my 1968.  Well....
> The car is
completely stripped at the moment, but it WAS on there.  Same
> situation. 
Need a right angle to reach the metal fuel line.  Solution.  VW
> fuel line -
about a foot of it. Make a loop of it.  Bingo.  The ends of the
> coil are 90
degrees apart.  Hose clamps at each end. No leaks, no bother,
> everything
works.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM,
<chris_west at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Lin wrote:  when I place the pump in
>>
position it is very cramped and I don't see how to get rubber line in
>>
correctly without kinking the line for that 90 degree turn. I couldn't
>> get
>> to the store in time but I'll try and get a fitting with a 90 degree
>>
which
>> I'm sure they won't have the correct thread size or the end will be
huge.
>> I
>> also checked my rubber line and it is 1/4" as I recall our lines
are
>> smaller
>>
>>
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>> Lin,
the threads on the inlet and outlets should be 1/8" NPT (pipe
>> thread). 
Brass hose fittings (listed as "male hose barbs - hey, no
>> snickering!!!)
are available at any good auto parts store.  Edelmann and
>> Weatherhead are 2
brands that I know list them.  The  90 degree
>> configuration "street tee"
(male threads on one side and female on the
>> other) is a Weatherhead #
3400x2 and a 45 degree is 3350x2, both 1/8 NPT.
>>  I don't have the Edelmann
#s but I know their catalog cross references
>> to the Weatherhead. I had a
Facet pump on an old Volvo and just ran plain
>> fittings in and out with an
in line filter on the inlet hose and a
>> secondary in line filter right
before the carb.  As far as the hose size,
>> I recall that 1/4" is a loose
fit in some cases but will clamp tight.
>> Others use VW 6mm hose (1/4" is
6.3mm) which is a little snug.  Seeing as
>> though we are talking about
gasoline, I would be sure to clamp either one
>> for safety's sake.  hope this
helps,
>>
>>
>> Chris - AN5L35xxx
>>
>
> --
> Cheers!!
> Jim Johnson
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