stu.jo@ibm.net wrote:
>
> Peter Zaborski wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Curry [SMTP:curry@wolfenet.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 11:57 AM
> > > To: fred thomas
> > > Cc: Peter Zaborski; triumphs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: fuel filters
> > >
> > > fred thomas wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Peter, if you do not eleminate the cancer it will just grow and
> > > grow.
> > > > Don't price fuel filters, replace the gas line. With all the time
> > > and
> > > > effort checking out filters the line could have been replaced. The
> > > filter
> > > > will not stop the rust, one day on a nice ride you lose the whole
> > > fuel
> > > > line
> >,,,,,,,, replacing the long line after all. Maybe it is not so hard after
>all. I
> > was originally intimidated by the access to the brackets riveted onto
> > the frame which hold both the fuel line and the brake line. Also
> > threading the pre-bent long line through the crevices it needs to get
> > through to come to its final resting spot seems like no small task. I am
> > not prepared to remove the floor panels just to make access easier.
> >
> > I'll have another look this weekend. Thanks for the info so
> > far...
> >
> > Peter Zaborski
> > 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> > Calgary AB Canada
> Seems like a lot of worry about a small problem. My tank is rusty, so I
> change the K Mart A/C filter $2.50 every 6 months to a year, and blast
> the gas line with compressed air to blow all the crud back in the
> tank.This has been going on now for seven years without an incident of
> breaking down ( of course I will now). Stu Bollen
Stu, i sure hope you do not break down, but you do know this is
completely wrong. Just take a moment to think of how much rust is now in
tank, what of all the possible fire hazards, break downs, and then last
but not least, as you sit on the side of the highway alongs passes a
"MIATA" he looks at his girl and says, now you see why I would not but
British, always breaking down.
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