Went from this set up- To this. Used generic steel line from the auto parts store, a brass "T" and a Professional Products polished fuel filter that Larry had in stock. Took a couple of hours and about $15 in fuel lines. Filter fits nicely in that little pocket in the intake. Looks trick too!
Looks real slick. All hard line. Double flare? Nice and safe. Without a short section of stainless hose, it's a little more work to pop bowls off to change jets or pv's., but no biggie.
Thanks! Rubber lines and plastic fuel filters scare me. Especially when they have fuel pressure in them! Suffice to say all Snap On tools were used in this operation! When I clear my plate Im going to do a thread on bending and flaring lines and make it a sticky
Mind if I ask what fuel filter you used? I always fear putting a nice one in-line and then finding out they discontinued the element or some other odd-ball snafu.
No, its BrunoD's car. Stacy (Dentboy) and I are getting his 70 GS back on its feet again for him. Had 2 bent valves. Stacy ran point on the engine work and I did all the wiring cleanup, dash cluster/ radio install and MSD install. We fired it up last week and finally got it off my trailer this past weekend. Aside from some minor odds and ends, its basically done at this point. Still want to run through the valve adjustment one more time, Im waiting on a dash speaker, have to install the horns, tighten up the rear view mirror and then its got a date with a foam pad and a buffer. I can tell you first hand that Bruno's car is one running SOB. This car is FAST! I used a Professional Products polished aluminum filter. Its got 3/8" NPT threads.
Here is what the car looked like after it was painted. It will need some work for it to look like this again, but I am hopeful. I believe I took these photos for Bruno in 2006.
Very sharp. I do all my own lines too. Had a near disaster with a cheapie Mr gasket glass filter a bunch of years back and learned a valuable lesson. Was very lucky to catch a major gusher before it could ignite and burn down the gs and the gn and the whole dam garage. A gallon of raw fuel on top of and spilling over a running engine was pretty. Damn scary.
Knocked a bunch of stuff off the punch list today. We had to replace the fan clutch. I couldn't take it any longer. I don't know where Bruno got that thing from but it sounded like a 747 was taking off under the hood! Horrible! We put a set of front tires on it today that Stacy graciously donated to the cause off his GN. Only a couple line items left. Shocks from Larry and a new front speaker from Turnswitch is on its way for the restored AM/FM radio (restored by yours truly) . Oh....still need to check and adjust the rear brakes. I can see the end of the tunnel...or is that a train?
