Teflon tape will be fine as long as you make sure to just keep it on the
treads and not let any get into the actual line which would block fuel flow.
After you apply the Teflon tape and wait to see if it's not leaking, what
you can also do to avoid having to go back would be to turn off the fuel at
the shut-off valve under the cab.
Joe Garcia
Yuba City, CA
1950 Chevrolet 3100
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From: 237459N@knotes.kodak.com <237459N@knotes.kodak.com>
To: oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 5:21 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] fuel line leak
>From: W P. Fricke
>
>I have my truck ('53 1/2 ton blah blah blah) stored in a friend's garage
>for the winter (upstate Nyawk). He called me about 3 weeks ago to tell me
>there was a strong smell of gas that wasn't there before the truck was
>parked. I said OK, I'll swing by and take a look (thinking to myself this
>is strange, I never had a leak before putting it in his garage). I pop the
>hood and start with the carb looking for a wet spot and trace the line to
>the fuel pump and sure enough the line coming into the pump is wet at the
>connection. I tighten it up a little, wipe it down and watch. No leakage.
>Fixed.
>
>I got a call last night saying that the smell was eliminated since I came
>by but now its back again. Whats the deal? Is it temperature related? The
>garage is unheated. Can I put something on the threads for a tighter seal
>like permatex or teflon tape. I put a fuel filter on this summer between
>the pump and the carb. Suggestions?
>
>Patrick
>w.fricke@kodak.com
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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