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On 17 Oct 2005 at 17:04, Aaron Clow wrote: > I'm finally getting around to working on my '71 Fasty. I'm in the middle > of replacing all the front fuel lines. The PO had relocated the fuel > pump to the front right fork on the frame head, and I'm putting it back. > However, the metal plate on which the fuel pump normally mounts has no > rubber grommet on it anymore where the fuel lines pass through to and > from the fuel line muffler. Keeping in mind the Type 1 issue where > vibration eventually cuts into the fuel line, do people think it's solid > enough to cut two halfs of fuel hose and use it around the regular fuel > hose? Frankly, I think you'd be better off just saving yourself some time and effort and running the pump output line directly to the pan. Forget about the damper and running thru that plate. > Also, it seems as if the PO also had the fuel feed and return lines > backwards going through the car. I think this comes up occasionally: The pressure side of the line goes along the left (driver's side in the US) side of the car, while the return is on the right. The regulator is a shunt regulator, meaning that it dumps excess back to the tank to keep the pressure correct in the fuel loop around the engine. So the gas leaves the pump, goes back on the left, around the engine, bleeds off in front of # 1, and then returns on the right. I think if someone did it backwards it just wouldn't run at all. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~