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i am having a bit of trouble trying to come up with a conversion from my fuel line to my carbs.
i bought a new main fuel line from Healey Surgeons and it came with a fitting soldered to it on the carb end. i bought a pipe fitting with a 1/4" hose barb on the other side. threads up nice, but it leaks.
not sure what i was... or wasn't... thinking at the time but the fitting bottoms out before it seats. So it will leak.
Today i went to the auto parts store, a couple of them actually, and came up with a plan that looked better. i bought 5/16 inverted flare fuel line fitting. but when i got home they would not thread up. wrong thread. So i went to Lowes and looked at compression fittings. again the 5/16 would not thread up.
So it looks like only a 1/4" pipe thread is the right thread. back to the original fitting. but again it is too deep a thread to seat the fitting on the line.
as i have it right now, i took the neural out of the 5/16 compression fitting and put it in the pipe fitting i have hoping maybe it will press enough edge to seal the line. it was too late to test today. but i know this can't be the right answer.
i was hoping someone here had bought bought a fuel line from the Surgeons and had found the answer. i can also try to call them in the morning and see what they suggest. i went on the Moss website to see what they do. they show a 7" hose there but it is NA.
suggestions?
i bought a new main fuel line from Healey Surgeons and it came with a fitting soldered to it on the carb end. i bought a pipe fitting with a 1/4" hose barb on the other side. threads up nice, but it leaks.
not sure what i was... or wasn't... thinking at the time but the fitting bottoms out before it seats. So it will leak.
Today i went to the auto parts store, a couple of them actually, and came up with a plan that looked better. i bought 5/16 inverted flare fuel line fitting. but when i got home they would not thread up. wrong thread. So i went to Lowes and looked at compression fittings. again the 5/16 would not thread up.
So it looks like only a 1/4" pipe thread is the right thread. back to the original fitting. but again it is too deep a thread to seat the fitting on the line.
as i have it right now, i took the neural out of the 5/16 compression fitting and put it in the pipe fitting i have hoping maybe it will press enough edge to seal the line. it was too late to test today. but i know this can't be the right answer.
i was hoping someone here had bought bought a fuel line from the Surgeons and had found the answer. i can also try to call them in the morning and see what they suggest. i went on the Moss website to see what they do. they show a 7" hose there but it is NA.
suggestions?