| Solomon Grundy |
Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:23 pm |
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So it appears that one of my copper tubes on my original fuel pump “113 127 025 B” has started to loosen up. I noticed this because I could smell fuel and then finally found a bit on the tin under the distributor.
I gently tapped it back in and considered buying a new one but if there is a fix for this, being it works fine, maybe I might do that. It appears to be a press fit type of situation originally but maybe some type of special gas safe adhesive like locktight or something similar might work. Currently it seems to be pretty stable but I do not intend to play with fire on this one. Any reasonable ideas…
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| glutamodo |
Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:40 pm |
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Yeah, playing with fire isn't fun..... when you lose! :evil:
They were just a press fit originally. Many people worry in your situation, because of engine fires. (you don't have a filter between pump and carb do you? The weight of a filter puts extra stress on both pressed-in fitings) On carbs, I've peened the end of the pipe ever-so-slightly, then tapped it in and then used a center punch to "stake" the casting around the pipe down. Sometimes peening the area around it as well. But on a fuel pump, that's not as easy as the area around where the pipe presses in is shaped differnently. I've seen people do a bit of what I just mentioned on fuel pumps, plus a small bead of JB-Weld, to try to ensure the pipe stays in place.
-Andy |
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| bigbussur |
Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:25 pm |
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| I have always done the exact thing that Andy has mentioned above, by pinging the tube in place than a bead of JB weld to hold it in place, the other place is on the carb if it is stock the copper tube there is also pressed in so I always did the same there. That is the main reasons fires happened. take it easy |
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