Date:         Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:03:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Installing a fuel pump
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
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As a guy who's almost always driven old cars, I'm reluctant to stress hoses
by squashing them, so I plug the line.  Pencil, Phillips screwdriver, golf
tee, bolt depending on the size.

Have fun Bryan.   :)

On 8/6/07, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bryan,
> I always use a pair of surgical pliers with pieces of vacuum hose on
> the jaws for fuel lines.
> If you don't have surgical pliers, you can use any sort of locking
> pliers, just make sure to protect the fuel hose from the metal jaws.
> Also, do the same on the engine side of the fuel pump, so you don't
> get any gas from that end.
> Good luck,
> Sudhir
>
> On 8/6/07, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:
> > I'm going to run up to Bus Depot today and get new fuel pump and fuel
> filter
> > if they have one.
> >
> > How do I keep the gas from exiting the tank while I'm replacing this
> stuff?
> > I haven't really been under there yet today since it's raining. Do I
> pinch
> > the hose, stick a pencil in there, etc. :)
> >
> > The archives are currently not working.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bryan
> >
>



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Jake
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