It's a good thing I enjoy this hobby

[dremu]

Cuz otherwise today would be the least productive day I've had wrenching in years

It's lots of time spent enjoying the work; I keep telling myself that Not so much actually getting anything done.

I'm running new hard line from the fuel pump to the carb, to replace the soft line that's there. Also moving the fuel filter to before the pump and not after, and while I'm in there I'll prolly replace the pump itself ... and then the threads on the alternator tab are buggered, should fix that ... oh, and there's a loose ground, could weld a nut onto the alternator bracket ...

I forgot how much I hate bending, too ... fiddly bloody business, bend a smidge, test fit, bend some more the other way, test fit, lather, rinse, repeat.

Still, maybe tomorrow I'll finish what I thought was an easy afternoon's work Maybe then I can have actual progress; as it is, I can't post this in my build thread as nothing actually got done.

But I had fun.

Right?

-- A

 

[ryoken]

hey, thats more than I've accomplished in 4 or 5 months...

props!

 

[muddysub]

I'm dreading the fuel line replacement myself. Gonna wait til the 5.3 shows up and I get it mounted in there, then run new line.

Hang in there man, it'll pay off some day.

 

[Fordum]

I'd drill and tap the bracket rather than weld a nut. Less likely to do damage, and gives a good ground connection.
Unless its too thin.

What kind of tubing are you running to the carb? Thick wall copper, steel, unobtainium?

 

[dremu]

Alternator bracket is like 1/8" thick, and it was drilled and tapped but there's not enough meat for good thread and the threads stripped. I've had a nut underneath it for ages which tightened okay, but since it was apart, time to do it right.

Just doing your basic 3/8" steel hard line. Did it to the other truck on the advice of my carb guy, just now getting around to this truck.

I was actually serious, that I do enjoy the hobby ... mostly Kinda have to or I'd go crazy on days like today.

-- A

 

[Fordum]

A really really long time ago, I tried to rerun the steel line from my engine mounted double pumping fuel pump on my Jeep up to the carb.

It kinked, rubbed in the wrong places, I don't remember what all.

I had just thrown away the third piece of steel tubing, when the old mechanic who did most of the work on my Jeep at that time came by.

This was almost 40 years ago, so I don't remember the exact details, but he pulled out a coil of soft copper line, cut off a piece long enough to do the job, and slid it inside a piece of thick rubber tubing.
Probably windshield washer tubing if I had to guess.

In 5 minutes, he had it bent, and was finishing the last flare. He left the rubber on it. He said the rubber made it easier to bend without kinking, and would help prevent vapor lock.

Far as I know, its still on there.

 

[yellowK20]

My grandpa showed me that same trick, works on steel line too just a little harder to bend

 

[ryoken]

i did the sand trick once, in a pinch... but i never tried the ice trick..

 

[Losthills78]

I know how u feel man rent is paid dogs are feed.. I spent close to $150 in parts and im eating roman for the next 2 weeks now thats love....

 

[yellowK20]

i did the sand trick once, in a pinch... but i never tried the ice trick..

 

[ryoken]

if you fill the tube with either, it keeps them from kinking.... the 2 downfalls being obviously needing to clean the line thoroughly when done... and with the ice trick, waiting for it to freeze....

i did the sand trick on a trans line once when camping when all i had on me was visegrips and a can of brake clean...

sad, considering i have every bender known to man in my toolbox, including the oldschool slip-over spring thingy's....

 

[blazinzuk]

Got to see if I can find the name of the brake tubing, well all sorts of tubing, but there is some new stuff out there that is super easy to bend.

I mean like Bailey ( my 5 yr old) could bend half inch fuel line no problem, we messed around with some brake tubing and you could tie that thing into a know and not kink it. We did get it to kink after about 20 90* bends in the exact same spot that we unbent and then rebent.

Supposed to be highly corrosion resistant too

I will see if I can find the name of the stuff

 

[Fordum]

Got to see if I can find the name of the brake tubing, well all sorts of tubing, but there is some new stuff out there that is super easy to bend.

I mean like Bailey ( my 5 yr old) could bend half inch fuel line no problem, we messed around with some brake tubing and you could tie that thing into a know and not kink it. We did get it to kink after about 20 90* bends in the exact same spot that we unbent and then rebent.

Supposed to be highly corrosion resistant too

I will see if I can find the name of the stuff

I posted a link to it hear a couple of years ago. If you can't find it, let me know. I bet I got the link bookmarked in my other computer.

 

[yellowK20]

Ah ok lol

 

[blazinzuk]

I posted a link to it hear a couple of years ago. If you can't find it, let me know. I bet I got the link bookmarked in my other computer.

Its newer than that just came out within the last year. Its cheaper than the stuff you posted, basically the same price as a normal steel line.

 

[dremu]

I also spent what seemed like an hour looking for the alternator spacer -- it slid off the wheel well where I'd stuck it, just for a minute, and the damn thing evaporated into thin air. After searching under the battery, under the truck, on the springs and axle, walking the entire driveway (slight incline, round things sometimes roll, farther than you'd expect!) and digging through the garage (the truck is outside), I was about to start on the underwear drawer ... when I found the friggin thing perched on the steering stabilizer.

I am painting it a nice bright color now, so that I can find the thing, and even if I never ever take it off ever again, I will be reminded to always put pieces on a level surface where I can find them again

-- A