I scraped the remains of old fuel line packing out of two brass fittings today and installed graphite rope and compressed it some with my press.
Is graphite rope the standard today?
Has anyone switched to compression fittings?
Is there a source for one piece solid packing?
Fuel line packing
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Re: Fuel line packing
I used a slice of automotive rubber fuel line.
Also used the fuel line for the seal on the factory tank reserve/shut off.
Dale
Also used the fuel line for the seal on the factory tank reserve/shut off.
Dale
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Re: Fuel line packing
I have an old package (AMF era) of new OEM fuel line seals. They are no more than exactly that--- a slice of just the right size rubber (or neoprene?) fuel line.51Hog wrote:I used a slice of automotive rubber fuel line.
Also used the fuel line for the seal on the factory tank reserve/shut off.
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Re: Fuel line packing
hummmm.....
Bursted my bubble.. I thought I was being clever. Re-invented the wheel...etc... LOL
Bursted my bubble.. I thought I was being clever. Re-invented the wheel...etc... LOL
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Re: Fuel line packing
Hehehe--- but you came up with the solution on your own! Commendable.... and the right fix. Kudos.....