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Originally Posted by brndck
THIS THREAD DELIVERS.
I even enjoyed that detour about the chimney pipe.
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Thanks brndck, I got sidetracked when i was waiting for parts. and i wanted to try to heat the shop.
The dogs let me out of the house and I made my way to the garage.
So I started in the trunk to disconnect the fuel pump wires and trunk seal plate.
I lowered the tank to the floor and labeled one of the lines to the front in a few spots.
One by one i disconnected the lines, starting with the vent line.
Drained any little bit of fuel into a junk container.
Moved the tank out of the way.
Removed the old vent check valve and trimmed the lines back a little bit(mostly just bent them back and forth after crimping them with side cutters, since they were rusted to hell
)
Took the scrap pieces and cleaned them to good (enough) metal, to test my flaring tool.
So i used it on both ends
BUT!!!!!! One is flared where i only had the tube/pipe flush with the top of the tube/pipe holder. And the other is about a 1/16th-3/32nds from flush.
*The one on the right is the flush one, the left was poking out.
*The left one sits more flush it feels with the flare seat/cut BUT seems slightly thinner/maybe stretched out more?
*The right side seems to have a thicker flare cone but doesnt seat against the flare fitting 100% (maybe 85-90%)
***I guess my question is, will the thicker one crush a tiny bit onto the other fitting i bought and help create the seal, or should i flare them the "better fitting/ slightly thinner one" method?
I cut the tubes to length.
I put the tube flare nuts on.
i am waiting on these to arrive to flare and finish the fuel lines.
and i bought 15FT of 5/16 of the gates barricade mpi fuel injection hose.
i'll probably get the hose seperator clamps and anchor them along the frame rail/floor/trunk pan.
NEXT is under coating everything back there. then i'll work on the arms/diff before i re-assemble the subframe
