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Subject: Fuel Shut Off
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:47:05 -0800 (PST)
Okay, here's a question that was pondered previously on the list, but the 
answer got lost in a cloud of "if"s and more questions.  What constitutes a 
positive fuel shut off?  If a mechanical pump is used, does turning off the 
motor suffice?  
What about a typical door slammer with a fuel cell in the trunk?  I've put a 
fuel cell in the trunk. Ten inches from that is a fuel filter.  Four more 
inches is an electric fuel pump.  Then 1/2 aluminum tubing runs along the 
outside of the frame to the engine compartment.  I have a separate switch for 
fuel pump and ignition in the cockpit. My positive power disconnect has a nob 
outside the trunk lid.  When it is turned off, the fuel pump cannot run.  Is 
that a positive fuel disconnect?  
Last time around, somebody said that an actual valve in the fuel line wasn't 
needed except on fuel injected cars.  What gives?  What do I have to do to make 
this right?  Do I have to install an actual valve in the fuel line with a 
handle mounted outside the car next to the power disconnect nob?
Dick J In East Texas 



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