[Spridgets] Fuel lines for Bugeye with a 1275 engine

[Rick Fisk]

Moss has one available for the later cars with a rear mounted pump, but it's expensive!  I would just go to the local auto parts store, buy some steel tube, and bend my own.  I don't have a great photo available, but you can see in this shot it runs along the channel on the passenger side and then goes up into the engine compartment and across to the carbs.  It's fastened to the channel along the floor with hairpin shaped clips.



> On Dec 10, 2021, at 6:37 PM, Hal Faulkner <frog.aye at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for the quick reply Rick.  Pump  is mounted  just forward of the rear axle.  Any suggestions where to source such a fuel line?
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> Hal
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>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 3:32 PM Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
>> Where is your pump located?  The Bugeye originally had a steel line all the way from the tank to the engine mounted mechanical pump, with no rubber hoses at all.  If your electric pump is mounted in front of the rear axle I would install a steel line from there to the engine with a short rubber hose connecting the steel line to the front carb.
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>> Rick
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>> > On Dec 10, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Hal Faulkner via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> > Listerati, I am getting back on the upgrade to my Bugeye.  When I got the car it had a 948 engine, the fuel line was rubber from the tank (actually the replacement electric pump} to the engine.  Since the 1275 doesn't have a block mounted fuel pump I need to replace the  fuel line and feel it would be best to use something more durable than rubber.  Any suggestions?
>> > thanks, Hal
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