35thbdaytr6
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I'm very frustrated with my TR6. It's had a bad fuel smell since day one, and it does not want to be fixed. I'm going on four months down trying to solve it, with another nice weekend spent working on junk instead of driving. After repairing all the carb bowl leaks, I waited three weeks for a fuel pump kit. The kit was fine, but the pump to block gasket fell apart as soon as it was touched. I ended up making one out of better material, now I'm trying to figure out the lines. There are compression sleeves on both lines going into the pump, both were destroyed. I found replacements, but they leak like crazy. I've never seen compression sleeves on an automotive fuel system before, but I see in the parts books it's correct. I'm getting tired of paying minimum shipping charges for $.45 parts I have to wait weeks for, it seems the ones I source local are incorrect. If I can't get this car to stop smelling up my house it's going to have to go.