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Hi tr3 people does anyone know if the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump is different from a 1958 tr3 to 1961 tr3? I know the 58 has the tank out let in the middle of the tank and uses a two piece metal line and the 61 tank out let is toward the driver side of the tank. The problem I have is the 61 I am restoring was a basket case and I cannot tell if the line is original. The line in the 61 uses rubber at both ends and is a single metal piece. I have owned and driven a 58 for thirty years, but this 61 has some subtle differences. I know the bodies and things changed a little over years, but Moss lists the fuel lines as the same.
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Thanks for looking Don I really appreciate it. I have an extra fuel line from a 58, but I have to excavate it off a car frame. Perhaps that little distance from the tank outlet and offset might not affect things too much.
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Just in case anyone is curious, the fuels are different from the 58 (TS29178) to the 61 (TS 80778l L). I contacted a local tr3 guru guy. He maintains, “The 61 TR3s had a two-piece fuel line with a rubber hose forming the middle joint instead of the earlier where the lines screw together. It also would not have the fuel shut off valve anymore. The fuel lines are the same as a TR4 on the late TR3s.” This explains my dilemma because I just have the one big piece with rubber on both ends. What is interesting is I went out and took the line off the old 58 frame to see if I could use it and it looked good (a Miracle since the 70’s). I pulled apart the metal union, looked inside and saw this white crystal stuff. Then I remembered, I bought this car complete from a guy in 1977 for 250.00 bucks because the gas tank was sugared. The story goes that this individual was competing for the same women with another individual. The car had a sugared gas tank, slashed tires, and every body panel was smacked with a hammer or pried with pry bar. The owner of the car found out somehow that I had a tr3, and contacted me to buy the car after the vandalization. Removing that old fuel line really brought back some bizarre memories (how cool). Incidentally, the way to get sugar out of a gas tank is with hot water, it dissolves the sugar.

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I finally had a chance to look at the fuel line that came along with my TR3B. It is in 2 pieceswith no fittings between them and it looks like hose was used as the connector. I replaced it with 3 pieces of fuel line and used couplers to join them . The two piece installation was too hard to bend and get through all of the turns, twists and holes in the frame. There was no shut off cock and I didn't put one in the line though it would be nice to be able close the line over the winter.
 
Sometime during the TR3A production, the factory stopped putting in the "petrol stop-cock". Mine came with one. But I only turn it off if I'm parked is a place where I think that it would be safer to turn off. When I did turn it off, I sometimes forget to turn it back on and a block later, it stops as if I have run out of gas. That tells me iit works.

I have never turned it off for the Winter. I try to leave as little gas in the tank for the last few weeks of Autumn driving and, for 13 Winters I stored it in a dry heated garage. The last 2 winters, it has been stored in a dry unheated garage. Never had any problems in the Spring. I just add about 2 gallons of new gas from a portable gas jug This dilutes the old gas and I stop to fill it up as soon as I can.

Don Elliott, Original Owner, TS 27489 LO

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