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Re: [T3] Not Braided Fuel Lines?


***You really don't need the special clamps; just don't tighten down the
worm gear clamps so hard.***

Yep....very true, Jim
Back when I was a mechanic at a gas station (about 30 years ago) every car
had rubber fuel lines spliced in here and there (carbed cars)(in-line fuel
filters), and most mechanics were pretty good at over tightening these worm
clamps. The first thing you did when you had a trace of seepage, tighten the
clamp....and again the next time...and again the next time.......soon you
either cut the hose with the clamp or stripped the threads.....so when I ran
new fuel lines in my T3, a spent a little more and used a better clamp
available today........I figured I would do what I could to help thwart any
fuel leaks on these engines that have so many clamps within the hot engine
compartment.

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