New Fuel line for 1917 Buick

[Morgan Wright]

I just got the fuel line so I'm starting the job today. The old fuel line had rust particles in it, that kept clogging up the carb.

 

I got 50 feet for the price difference, so if anybody needs some, I'll have extra.

[GARY F]

Is that cunifer??

[Terry Wiegand]

It shows on the carton that it is soft copper tubing.

 

Terry Wiegand

South Hutchinson, Kansas

AACA Life Member #947918

[Morgan Wright]

Look how much prettier it is now. Here are the before and after shots.

 

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Edited April 2, 2022 by Morgan Wright (see edit history)

[Morgan Wright]

I'm putting the filter under the car where it won't show.

[Morgan Wright]

Under the car, the fuel line runs through the frame in a few holes that were designed for it, to keep it away from the exhaust system. Near the muffler there is a spot where the fuel line was riveted to the frame, by the same attachment that holds one of the mud pan attachment springs. I didn't want to mess with that, so I just left the old fuel line there and wrapped it around the new one, to keep it away from the muffler. I wound up sistering the new fuel line along side the old one, the way carpenters sister floor joists along side the old termite infested ones. This way future owners will know that the fuel line is new and what the original one looked like, I'm all about HPOF. The two lines are different, the original one was much stiffer, maybe an alloy of some sort. Not copper-nickel because copper nickel looks like nickel not copper. Maybe the original one was stiffer because the copper was not annealed, or maybe it wasn't as pure copper as modern copper is, which is very soft and flexible in that size.

Edited August 23, 2021 by Morgan Wright (see edit history)