Hmm. Not good to hear that you had problems getting the fuel pump to work.
It's a 1970. The steel fuel line carb side seals up nicely. The tank side
has the braided fuel line (you're right--braided steel lines are over kill
for this application) has a fitting that goes straight to the tank. No way
to attach the fuel line here without a fitting of some sort.
Maybe I'm in trouble for attaching a non-original part. ;O) I wanted to use
the SU (for one thing it's a whole lot quieter) but just gave up due to the
problems I was having. Surely I'm not the first person to do this? I was
hoping I could get a tubing/fitting that would make the connection reliable
and simple. Reliability is obviously important to me and a leaky fuel pump
isn't an option.
>From: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
>To: Jon Lind <dtjon@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Electronic fuel pump and lines
>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 14:51:30 -0800
>
>Hi Jon,
>
> The pressures are low so the armored fuel hoses are not a must. If
>you want to use std fuel hoses to couple to the metal lines, you can.
>Lots of overlap and at least two clamps at each end may work.
>
> I have a '69 B, never got the thing right until I went to the stock SU
>pump and the metal line from tank to pump. That said tho, I'm giving
>serious thought to cutting a part out of that line so as to insert a
>fuel filter into it.
>
> What year is the car?
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