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Re: Original Fuel Line

To: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Original Fuel Line
From: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:50:49 -0700
Cc: Larry Miller <millerls@ado13.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Organization: WFO Racing
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Reply-to: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
When I "feel the need for speed" I get on my GPz1100 and ride WFO!  It's down
right titillating to feel 115 hp between your legs... and on two wheels.
WFO Herb


Mike Maclean wrote:

> 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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