Date:         Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:44:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
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From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Re: Replacing fuel lines with Copper tubing/Steel braided lines?
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com>
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on 12/16/05 20:43, Robert Fisher at refisher@MCHSI.COM wrote:

> I remember an old Ford we had when I was a kid that had metal fuel lines in
> the engine compartment. It would be hard to impossible to start sometimes
> after it got up to full temp. A mechanic friend said it was getting vapor
> lock due to the metal fuel lines and replaced them with plain 'ol rubber.
> The problem went away never to return.
Appalachian farmer trick #203:
On older F**d tractors only metal fuel lines were used all the way from the
sediment bulbs under the gas tank right up to the down draft carburetors.
Lots of heat builds up there. There are many of these lines sporting a
wooden clothes pin placed just before the the side mounted carb. The pin
acts as a heat sink to keep the fuel from vapor locking.
Mine is "custom" painted to match the engine color of my 1957 800.
--
Stephen
Chillicothe OH