nick8086 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 The closepin theory.. Great heat dissapator?? or Just vibrate the fuel line... for better results.. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/24931-vapor-lock/ I have about six on the Darrin... Not sure if I should leave them on or take them off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) "have about six on the Darrin" Doubt it would make any difference as to how many are on the fuel line as wood is a poor conductor, Saying that, maybe if you completely covered the fuel lines in clothes pins to insulate it, it might help! Edited July 6, 2015 by Ozstatman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 The closepin theory.. Great heat dissapator?? or Just vibrate the fuel line... for better results.. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/24931-vapor-lock/ I have about six on the Darrin... Not sure if I should leave them on or take them off...Who put the six on and why did they carry it to that extreme ? Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambarn Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Nick, I have at least six under the Marmon Sport coupe. This concept is only foreign to trailer queens/ warehouse cars. I believe it's the heat dissipation that is assisted by the Clothes pins. I have no proof that they work, but as they were one of several steps taken on the fuel system of this car, I just left them. Four thousand miles of touring and driving, up lookout Mountain (and down) and across a few states, I no longer have fuel delivery issues. May be the clothespins, maybe the probiotic nature of alcohol in my fuel system ( hey it works for me) I'm not sure but We'll put it to the test again in Pennsylvania this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_in_nh Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I'm not sure but We'll put it to the test again in Pennsylvania this month.How about removing them for this upcoming test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I use six clothes pins to keep my tinfoil hat in place. I've found that increasing the level of alcohol in my fuel system in the evenings (with my feet propped up) enhances the probiotic effect, thus ensuring a sound night's sleep. Before the advent of the electric clothes dryer, innovative motorists recognized that damp clothing could be dried much more quickly by taking advantage of the residual heat of a warm automobile engine. Clothes pins on automotive engines were initially used to secure wet clothes draped across a warm engine so as to prevent said soggy garments from contacting the engine itself. The fuel line was just a handy place to store the clothes pins between sessions of clothes drying. Well, if clothes pins weren't actually used that way, they shoulda been. Just a theory, Grog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambarn Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Be they necessary mechanical contrivances or good luck charms bordering on voodoo, they stay. Driving these cars on a long tour is an experiment itself and I will also sacrifice a small woodland creature and throw gold in the well to ensure a trouble free tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I also understand that clothes pins will prevent a battery stored on concrete from discharging. You just clip a pin on each terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 If you ask me, the wooden pins look like a fire waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Looks like another publicity ploy by the NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Clothes Pins. The monitor will throw you in the dryer for that.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Like my doctor said "If the placebo I gave you doesn't work come back and I'll give you a stronger one". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 A tin foil hat would work just as well. .............Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltfed Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Before I turned away from the "dark side" I use to run a hot 250 Chevy motor in a Hotrod. Had three or four clothes pins attached to the fuel line. Can't remember how many times guys looked at the motor and said, "Hey Joe, look at this. I haven't seen clothes pins in years." So whatever turns your crank, it ain't hurting nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke01 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I tried the clothes pin thing once. My problem was that I had them turned wrong way round. Never could figure that high tech stuff out. Zeke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The problem is finding 6-volt clothes pins. All they sell these days are the 12-volt kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Tried it. Wooden work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) Who put the six on and why did they carry it to that extreme ? WayneI took a look today ... It only has four... Just got to love the odl man.... Edited July 7, 2015 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) If they jugde my car will they take off points for this??? Edited July 7, 2015 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Who put the bob in the bob-she-bob-shebob, who put the pins on the vapor lockin' gas line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) What ?? Bob . Edited July 7, 2015 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Just want to know : Great heat dissapator?? or Just vibrate the fuel line... for better results.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 An age old question which has been debated over and over. So if you believe in it do if it but most people laugh at if and it makes the engine look ridiculous ! Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The IQ of the owner is reduced 10 points for every cloths pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Tried it. Wooden work.great sense of humor ! Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 We recommend only gluten free fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hard to find but I would imagine aluminum clothespins might add more value. I have seen them but not on a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambarn Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Curti -when you make nasty personal comments about someone's intelligence - at least spell clothes pin correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) For those that wish to color coordinate or trick out their engine compartment we are offering custom made clothes pins in the colors of your choice. The full spectrum as well as eye catching metallic flake! A set of 4 at $19.99. A second set for free! Operators are standing by. Act now! Edited July 7, 2015 by avgwarhawk (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 cloths Curti -when you make nasty personal comments about someone's intelligence - at least spell clothes pin correctly. Spell checker didn't catch it neither did I. Deduct 10 points from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 cloths Spell checker didn't catch it neither did I. Deduct 10 points from meI've found a lot of words that spell checker doesn't catch and let pass as words. Maybe they figured Ebonics and texting into acceptable letter structures to make words. We'll let you slide this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 For those that wish to color coordinate or trick out their engine compartment we are offering custom made clothes pins in the colors of your choice. The full spectrum as well as eye catching metallic flake! A set of 4 at $19.99. A second set for free! Operators are standing by. Act now! Do you have them in chrome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Do you have them in chrome? Yes sir! We also have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillP Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 My success with clothes pins vs. vapor lock led me to consider other uses. I put 2 dozen on my incoming electric service and now I run my A/C all summer for free! I even sell juice back to the electric company at night. It's astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 My success with clothes pins vs. vapor lock led me to consider other uses. I put 2 dozen on my incoming electric service and now I run my A/C all summer for free! I even sell juice back to the electric company at night. It's astounding. You have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambarn Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I need them in undercoating finish - I use mine inside the frame rail under the passenger compartment near the exhaust. At first it was a suggestion from the old guys that have mentored me. I learned a long time ago to just do and not to question these gurus. I later found a ball of silicone about 1/4" across in the vacuum fuel tank that was actually the cause of the problem (dying at idle) but I also found that the clothespins spaced out evenly along the fuel line (flexible copper) kept it from vibrating and maintained distances between the frame rail and the fuel line as well as the fuel line and the exhaust pipe. Seeing no downside other than an occasional misty eye when I think of these great guys, both passed away, I leave them in. It may be Hoo-ey, it may be dark arts at play but I've never had a fuel pump or fuel injection failure so I must be doing something right. It also keeps the OBD-II reader from finding any problems with the car. WINNING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) If they jugde my car will they take off points for this??? Not if the pins were made the same year as the car. They would be considered a contemporary accessory, like a spot light or an oil filter. Edited July 7, 2015 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpushbutton Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Old wives tale completely unfounded in scientific principal. Look very closely at your mechanical fuel pump. What you will probably find is that the two halves are bent where the screw bosses are form years of over-torquing by gas station monkeys. Remove the pump, take out the old diaphragm and hold both pump halves together (as though they were assembled) and hold them up to the light. See all of that light between the two halves? that is preventing a good seal, especially as the diaphragm ages. Heat up (warm, not too hot) the halves and hammer those areas between the screw bosses to be more flat, then chase around the clamping surfaces with a flat file. You have to do the hammering back first, if you just file you are going to take off too much material. Get both halves closer to flat, they don't have to be perfectly flat, but close, then assemble with a new kit from then-now automotive. I really like their kits, they are made of the freshest material, formulated for what gasoline is at this moment.Get that pump sealed properly, that is your "vapor lock" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 If they jugde my car will they take off points for this???If you are truly concerned remove them prior to judging and reinstall afterwards! Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 If you are truly concerned remove them prior to judging and reinstall afterwards! Wayne Ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Not if the pins were made the same year as the car. They would be considered a contemporary accessory, like a spot light or an oil filter.And there would be a deduction unless FACTORY AUTHORIZED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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