oops! I thought you were talking about the Stromberg carbs. Disregard my
post, it has nothing to do with your carb setup.
Sergio
1967 Sunbeam Alpine
Series V 'AJNT 86'
still working on it but getting closer (yea right)!
----- Original Message -----
From: Sergio Dimarmo <iwander(at)att.net>
To: Alpines Mailing List <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: fuel line question -- carb hookup
> I had a lot of trouble with the plastic "T" fitting that came on the cars,
> they leak and break so I finally came up with a different solution. I used
a
> 1/4x1/4x1/4 brass tee fitting but I used Teflon ferrules instead of the
> brass ones. I tried this setup on some spare carbs first to make sure that
> the ferrules would not crush the carb inlet tubes. The nice thing about
the
> Teflon ferrules is that they don't attach themselves to the carb inlet
> tubes.It works great and does not leak at all. If I decide to ever go back
> to the plastic "T' fitting (don't know why I would), the carb inlets are
not
> damaged and would easily accept the original setup.
>
> Sergio
> 1967 Sunbeam Alpine
> Series V 'AJNT 86'
> still working on it but getting closer (yea right)!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Matthoney(at)aol.com>
> To: <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:33 AM
> Subject: fuel line question -- carb hookup
>
>
> > Having rebuilt the carbs on our series 3 -- Zeniths on a series 5
engine,
> for
> > what it's worth -- I want to solve the apparent fuel leak problem in the
> fuel
> > lines' attachment to the carburetors.
> >
> > I don't know what the original hookup was supposed to look like, but I
> > suspect that the it wasn't what was in place for the last 15 years. The
> > current setup has brass lines and fittings, one flared, and one with a
> > compression fitting -- like the oil feed to the valve train. They both
> leak.
> > The compression fitting leaks more -- maybe as fast as a drip every 2
> > seconds -- but they both leak.
> >
> > Are either of these close to right? Should there be banjo fittings on
the
> > pipe, with a hollow bolt attaching to the carb as on webers? Should it
be
> > double flared (out and then back in again)?
> >
> > I don't have much to go on, other than the fact that what's there
doesn't
> > work.
> > Help me get this one back on the road! (sitting 10 years)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Matt
> >
>
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