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Re: Clear fuel line and other tubings

To: "wizardz" <wizardz@maxinter.net>
Subject: Re: Clear fuel line and other tubings
From: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 15:20:07 -0400
At 12:59 PM 06/20/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>If my memory serves me right, isn't the 1500 Midget
>flexible clutch line made of Tyron

ooh, that smarts! and it is spelled with an E at the end.

>  with press fit metal
>  fittings at the ends
>
>Paul Tegler  wizardz@toad.net   http://www.teglerizer.com (new layout)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mkart@erols.com <mkart@erols.com>
>To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 11:33 AM
>Subject: Re: Clear fuel line and other tubings
>
>
> >
> > >I  worked for an aerial recreational vehicle manufacturer
> > >until the early 1990's. For the fuel lines on our
> > >engine systems, we used transparent tubing. I believe it
> > >was made specifically as fuel line. The product was named
> > >"Tygon" ......
> > >
> > >
> > >Art Mack
> > >76 MGB (under resto.)
> >
> > Hmm,
> >
> > Tygon tubing for fuel line use?
> >
> > Tygon is a clear plastic (PVC) tubing that resists fruit acids,
> > lye, achohol, greases, and oils.  Autoclavable.  Can be used
> > for temps from -27F to +212F (-33C to 100C)......(From the
> > Fisher Scientific catalog.)
> >
> > -Dave
>
>
>YES! Tygon for fuel line. If one looks at the product catalog
>put out by the makers of Tygon, you will  note that type #4040 is
>in fact manufactured as fuel line.
>This tubing is not clear, but rather transparent and over the years
>we used it, it came in yellow, orange and blue. Mind you, my memory
>is not what it used to be as I haven't worked in that area of the
>industry for almost 10 years, so I don't remember the differences
>between the colors, but they were all type #4040 and made and sold
>by Tygon as fuel line. In fact, it is still used in the Ultralight
>Aircraft Industry.
>
>Hope this sheds a little more light on the subject.
>
>Art


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