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Re: [T3] Fuel line replacement complete


In a message dated 2/17/06 7:40:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, ctobio@gmail.com 
writes:

> Grand total of 32. Buy extras in case my count is off. :)

Cool, that's what I really needed to know, how many boxes of 10. : ) 
 
>The Goodyear hose is nice, I trust it, and it happens to be stamped 
>with a date of manufacture along its length so I'll know its age when it
>comes to replacement.  Make sure you replace the hoses on
> the injectors. You'll need to cut the ferrules, but they have a normal
> barb.underneath.
 
Part of the hose on the engine itself had just been replaced.  The engine 
itself is a fresh rebuild, with 0 miles on it.

> Changing out the hoses is a little tedious, but it beats having your car
> burst into flames. all the hoses on mine were replaced at some point,
> likely in various stages, as none of the fuel hose was of the original
> cloth braided type, including the injectors. There's a whole bunch of VW
> Service invoices that say "customer reports fuel smell...". The old
> timer was lucky this car never caught fire! 

The car has been being driven for the last 2 years, but it's been a carbed 
t-3 engine that's been powering it. I'm going to replace all the lines anyway, 
since I've got to plumb the fuel pump and return line. The swap to T-4 power 
and FI  happened due to the sale of my 69 Square, that I was originally going to 
put the engine into. I wanted to get some miles on the engine itself, and do 
some R&D on the conversion, and maybe at a later date install the engine (and 
it's FI) into my 65 Notch. This was planned for the 69 Square, but the PO 
offered and gave me enough money to take the car off my hands. : ) So now it's 
going into the 71 Roadster 2 project. With the t-3 engine out of the 71, I can 
temporarily install it in the Notch, and rebuild the Notch engine before the 
2006 Invasion. I'm taking the Notch there, as the wife likes that idea better 
than taking the Roadster, but at least it's got a sunroof (and it'll be it's 2nd 
Invasion trip). : )  Thanks for the info, it'll help.

Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof and IRS
       71 Square, now a 2 seat Roadster, pics can be seen at; 
http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2977 and now awaiting a 2.0L  t-4 engine 
transplant, finally have the needed parts : )
       

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