Re: Fuel Filter

[stans4@ix.netcom.com (Stan Schaefer)]

I use a set of clamps just designed to close off the rubber fuel lines
while doing work on attached components.  They'd better be in good
condition when you use them, they'll crack old fuel line.  They're
availble from any good auto parts store, and maybe Sears as well, I
think Lisle makes them.  They are just small blocks of steel with a
rectanglular cut off one edge, an L-shaped piece of steel rod and a
wing nut.  A guy could make them himself if he saw them, but they were
fairly cheap and I needed them now.  About the only gas I spill is
what's in the short section of fuel line and the filter.  You need
three if you're going to change fuel lines or work on the pump, two
will get your filter changed.  I used needle-nosed vice grips before,
they didn't seal completely.

On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 19:30:13 -0700, you wrote:

>Has anyone ever tried to hook up an on/off valve to the fuel line before the
>filter?  I was thinking about the valve on the gas tank of my motorcycle and
>wondered if one like it would work on my FB.  It would take care of the
>problem of getting gas all over you while changing the filter.  I, of
>course, might not know the proper way of changing the filter so if anyone
>has any suggestions, or has added a valve, let me know.
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>Roy
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