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11-01-2017, 07:12 PM
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Truck start day: good and bad news.
So today dad and I tried to start my truck, the truck I have been working on since June 2013.
Good news: She turns over. Water jacket now has anti-freeze circulated. Fuel pump works. No radiator hose leaks (that we found). Stop cock works (after we saw it leaking and closed it....ugh!) Bad news: Big fuel leak at end of hard line into carb inlet fitting. So.....I need to learn about AN fittings.... |
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11-01-2017, 07:24 PM
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Re: Truck start day: good and bad news.
Is it the fitting in the carb or the flare fitting that goes in the carb?
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11-01-2017, 07:31 PM
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Re: Truck start day: good and bad news.
Leaks appeared to be at the end of the pre-bent hardline from Inline Tube, where it screwed into the replacement NAPA (fuel filter holder) fitting into carb. I would have bet money I had that on straight.
*I believe the mechanic lost or kept my original fitting into the carb....ugh. 
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11-01-2017, 07:47 PM
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Re: Truck start day: good and bad news.
The flare on the line or fitting may be bad.
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11-01-2017, 09:10 PM
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Re: Truck start day: good and bad news.
Had many new fuel lines leak when first installed, have to tighten it way tighter than you think for it to seal the first time. Get a good quadrajet inlet fitting wrench so you don't strip out the carb.
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11-01-2017, 09:17 PM
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Re: Truck start day: good and bad news.
Randy beat me to it. The first time you seat a new hard fuel line (flare fitting) you need to wrench on it pretty hard.
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11-01-2017, 10:09 PM
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Re: Truck start day: good and bad news.
X3 on what Randy and Gas said.
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