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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
wrote:
> This summer I was checking out a nicely restored TR3 and the owner
had
> replaced the fuel line with copper. It stuck in my mind because it
> seems there'd be less long-term corrosion problems (look out, here
> come the metallurgists...) but the best part is: it looks great!
I'm not a metallurgist, but I've learned from experience that copper
tubing needs to be very well supported by lots of brackets fairly close
together. Otherwise it tends to harden and crack as an effect of
vibration. That's why fuel lines are usually steel.
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver)
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