Some additional information in case anybody cares... The car has full
length headers. The ONLY place the fuel line could safely be run was along
the oil pan; anywhere else would have been too close to the exhaust.
(Thanks to George Boskoff; I continue to marvel at his ingenuity).
The 289 water pump Rick sells (Sunbeam Specialties) is now aluminum, that
and the heads / manifold cut over a hundred pounds off the front of the
car. It handled well before, better (imho) after. And it runs on unleaded
regular with no danger to the valves.
Tom
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com> wrote:
> Andy,
>
> The original 2BBL carb connection to the fuel line was a hard - flared
> fitting on the line directly to the carb, the connection was on the right
> side (facing front) of the block. So there was one mount, on the starter
> bolt. The rest was hard line.
>
> When I changed over to the 4BBL 4160 Holley, of course, this changed; The
> fuel line connection was on the Left (facing Front) side of the carb, and I
> added a mount to the left (facing Front) side of the water pump, and a
> couple "rubber" fuel line hoses, one on the right side of the water pump, @
> 4" long, and one on the left from just past the mount to the carb. The 4"
> piece served two purposes, 1) as a vibration damper, although it probably
> isn't needed for that, and 2) because routing the line across the engine in
> one piece was darn near impossible, at least not with the car on jack
> stands.
>
> Again, pictures if you need them.
>
> If you're a purist, with the original ford 4BBl carb on the original Ford
> manifold, your input here will be appreciated, I'm sure, by the Concours
> guys.
>
> My Kitty is a driver; the stock pieces / parts live in a couple boxes in
> my garage; the parts on the engine are Edelbrock Aluminum. I built it for
> drive-ability and ease of maintenance (an oxymoron here?).
>
> Tom
> '67 Mark 2
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:56 PM, <awtiger@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Tom:
>>
>> Thank you so much for the picture; I hope it wasn't too much trouble.
>> That will certainly help me, however, with my fuel line routing. I take it
>> that is the only bracket on the line? Is there no means of support as the
>> line passes the side and/or front of the engine? If not, I would just
>> assume it would hang from the fuel filter connection with the carburetor
>> feeder line, right?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Andy
>>
>> ---- Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I had the original steel lines, and when I installed the stainless fuel
>> > lines I (more or less) followed the original contours. To keep the line
>> > away from the exhaust they routed it below the starter and up along the
>> oil
>> > pan to the front of the engine.
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Correction: it;s off the lower starter motor bolt. Picture should
>> show up
>> > > soon.
>> > >
>> > > Tom
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Andy, Yeah, a bracket hanging off the bellhousing. It'll take a bit
>> of
>> > >> work, but if you need it, I can get a picture.
>> > >>
>> > >> Tom
>> > >> '67 Mark 2
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:04 PM, awtiger--- via Tigers <
>> > >> tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hey, guys:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> My question deals with the under-engine metal fuel line that runs
>> from
>> > >>> the bell housing area on the passenger side of the car and curves
>> upward in
>> > >>> front of the engine to the fuel filter. Isn't there supposed to be
>> some
>> > >>> kind of bracketry involved in holding this line in place? The damn
>> > >>> (dumb...whatever...) previous owner must have figured that it would
>> be
>> > >>> "good enough" to zip-tie the fuel line to the hydraulic brake line
>> that
>> > >>> runs along the front suspension crossmember. I've looked in the
>> factory
>> > >>> parts manual for an illustration but there is none. Can anyone
>> shed some
>> > >>> light on how this fuel line is supported?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> As always, thanks a million,
>> > >>> Andy Walker
>> > >>> Edmond, OK
>> > >>> B382001600LRXFE
>> > >>> TAC #740
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