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Re: SU Carb. overflow mount ('63)

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Subject: Re: SU Carb. overflow mount ('63)
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 12:27:06 -0700
on 5/1/03 11:35 AM, Menno Meijer at menno.meijer@ict.nl wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> Thanks for the responses to my previous (SU overflow)
> question. I'm currently working on replacing the
> short rubber hoses by the long fuel pipes.
> 
> Can anybody tell me how and where the bottom of the
> overflow pipes should be mounted? My suppliers cata-
> log shows a "engine mount" which can be used to attach
> those pipes to the engine. But they state that it is
> used for cars after '64. My car is a '63.

I wouldn't worry about that. It may not be "correct" for 63, but it's hard
to conceive of any physical reason it wouldn't work.
> 
> In the catalog they show a "retaining clip" for the
> overflow pipes but I've got no idea where to mount it.

There should be an unused tapped hole in the engine block, just above the
oil pan, on the driver's side, to the rear of the motor mount.
> 
> (I've scanned the web for pictures but unfortunatly
> haven't had any luck)
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Menno Meijer
> The Netherlands


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