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RE: Spitfire Fuel Line

To: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Subject: RE: Spitfire Fuel Line
From: Richard Ceraldi-ERC004 <Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 16:06:00 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Comments: ( Received on motgate.mot.com from client pobox.mot.com, sender Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com )
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Barry,
   Not to spoil your great record of advice but... The MKIV only has one
opening at the top of the tank for fuel to come out. So It can't be the
vent.
For a visual the VB catalog has a good illustration on page 99 (Fall 97
catalog). Any ideas?
Thanks,
Richard 
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From: Barry Schwartz on Thu, May 28, 1998 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Spitfire Fuel Line
To: Ceraldi-ERC004 Richard
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net


>      I am finishing up the Spitfire restore and was wondering why hard
>plastic tubing is used to go from the fuel tank outlet on the top of the
>tank
>(MKIV) to the metal line that runs along the frame to the engine
>compartment.
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What you are looking at is not the fuel line, but the vapor recovery tubing
that connect's to the carbon cannister.  It was probably used because it
was cheaper and would last longer (mine is still good after 20 some years!

Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net

72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire

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