In a message dated 09/14/2000 4:07:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
lgmtr6@juno.com writes:
> I looked under the car to see gasoline all over the place.
> It seems that there is a short section of fuel line, about 4 inches long
> that pieces together the metal fuel lines under the car. It is the same
> on the TR6 and the Stag. This piece of line decided that it was the right
> time to disintegrate and allow gallons of fuel to spill onto the floor.
Yikes! Brings back memories of that sort of thing happening to me about 25
years ago while driving my GT6+. Bad news is that it happened in the parking
lot of the Kmart I worked at back then. Good news is that this particular
Kmart had a good (for them, then or now) automotive section. I was able to
run in and buy some blister-packaged fuel line and small hose clamps and stop
the leak in (relatively, since it was a cold parking lot and I was working
underneath with only the factory scissor jack for support of the car) short
order.
--Andy
Andrew Mace, President, The Vintage Triumph Register
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