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Re: TR6 Fuel Line Plumbing

To: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
Subject: Re: TR6 Fuel Line Plumbing
From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:13:11 -0400
Cc: "Triumph List (E-mail)" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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I'm not sure I remember how a TR6 is plumbed, but I though that the ends 
of the pipes were supposed to be flared.

Hugh Fader wrote:

>OK, I put in a repro fuel pump on my TR6. The fuel lines to and from the
>pump were a bit banged up and I decided to replumb them. I'm having a little
>trouble. First let me check the facts to make sure I'm not suffering from a
>DPO. Are these things correct?
>
>1. Is it supposed to use compression fittings?
>2. 3/8" pipe into the pump?
>3. 1/4" pipe out of the pump?
>
>Now my trouble. The fittings don't seem to have enough thread on them to
>bottom out and compress the compression bead. The fitting bottoms out and
>the pipe just slides back out. Maybe I don't know how to install compression
>fittings. Maybe the repro pump is different. The threads seem the same on
>both pumps. Maybe I need fittings with a longer threaded part. I went to a
>couple of auto parts stores and they seemed confused by what I had. Can
>anybody help clarify how the fuel pump is supposed to be plumbed.
>
>
>  
>

-- 
George Richardson
1957 Triumph TR3 - TS15559L http://www.key-men.com/triumph
1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration    
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
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