As we used to say in the Air Force, "My fun meter is pegged!"
Mike
Larry Miller wrote:
> Yeah but are you having fun yet?
>
> Larry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: <Lancer7676@aol.com>
> Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Original Fuel Line
>
> > I actually took two days off from work, as the trains I work on make round
> > trips. So, today was spent just fixing what i "bunged up" yesterday. The
> glass
> > cutters in town all seen to get their mirror glass from the same
> distributors,
> > who only provide 1/8th inch thick glass as the smallest size. I went to
> the
> > nearest home center and bought one 12 inch square glass mirror tile
> (suggested by
> > the girl at the glass cutter). The original glass I sat on was produced
> in
> > Taiwan (where all our quality repros come from) and I'm guessing it is a
> metric
> > thickness. The glass tile from Home Depot was about a 32nd thicker. I'll
> > probably break it making it fit. ($5.00 to get it cut and $1.58 to buy
> it) A
> > new repro mirror from M*** or VB is $50-55 bucks!
> > After many calls to auto parts stores, hardware stores and hydraulic
> supply
> > houses no 12 foot length of thin wall steel tubing to make a new fuel line
> could
> > be found. Aircraft Spruce only supplied ChromeMoly tubing (too hard) and
> the
> > hydraulic supply house only had thick wall steel tubing for high pressure
> > applications (again difficult to make the two 360 degree bends). All
> other
> > places I called only had 5 foot lengths or smaller. I finally called
> Classic tube
> > and they are sending me a nice 12 foot piece of thin wall steel tubing to
> bend to
> > my hearts desire for 7 bucks. 2 days and I still haven't got anything
> done on my
> > car.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> > Lancer7676@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 5/25/99 10:24:02 PM EST, macleans@earthlink.net
> writes:
> > >
> > > << I knew I should have gone to work today. >>
> > >
> > > Mike:
> > >
> > > Some days things just bung up it seems. I have hit a wall with my
> welding
> > > and it seems that when I go to my shop nowadays I flit about like a
> whirling
> > > dervish looking for something significant to do and end up only
> piddling. No
> > > progress.
> > >
> > > The gasoline line leading into the tank? When I attempted to remove my
> line
> > > from the tank by unscrewing that fitting everything broke off down in
> there.
> > > I solved the problem by cutting a short piece of fuel line that would
> either
> > > slip over or into (don't remember which--that was about 2 years ago) the
> > > outlet hole and completely filling the crevice with epoxy. It is solid
> and
> > > leakproof. I will couple it with a short length of gasoline hose and a
> > > couple of clamps. Sounds like you were able to save the fitting so you
> may
> > > not be as desparate as I was. 8^)
> > >
> > > --David
> >
> >
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