Susan's spitfire came with AN fittings in the float bowl covers. A P.O.
had drilled and tapped for a pipe thread and screwed AN fittings in.
Been working well for a long time now.
Brad
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>
> Tony Drews wrote:
>> The only place that my aeroquip uses the tacky and possibly dangerous
>> hose clamps is to connect the line to the carb. Even the aeroquip
>> rollover fuel cell vent line has an AN fitting. So, pretend for a
>> moment that I don't have the Carrol Smith books covering this... How
>> the hell do you attach an AN fitting to a SU carb? (of course, you
>> have to pretend I'm running SU's too... :) ) For the Webers, I'm
>> sure an appropriate fitting is available - I just need to do the
>> right thing and find it. At least the Webers' press on fittings have
>> a bulb at the end to help prevent the lines from blowing off. For
>> the SU's, though, the top of the float bowl is a somewhat fragile
>> thing. The only thing that comes to mind is to somehow remove the
>> tube that sticks out for the fuel line to attach to (how?), and tap
>> the hole for a fitting. I'm not sure that it would be stronger when
>> done (vibration will crack the top of the float bowl?), but I'm ready
>> to be convinced. (don't worry, I'm not being defensive)
>>
>> - Tony
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