You're talking about 1500-3000 lbs pressure. Surprising, huh? Linus, what happened after 10 years?
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:08 AM, alan P < ([email][/email])> wrote:
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What kind of pressure are we talking here?
— Linus Sumocean < ([email][/email])> wrote:
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I was once told that I needed a matched set of fuel
lines by three different boat mechanics. They were
available at that time from Norshipco in Norfolk,
VA. To the tune of $565 that of course included
shipping. I could not believe that the lines had to
be so precise. I got in my car and started driving
after four stops, three cities and about 200 miles I
walked into Southeastern Diesel on the side of the
highway. Outside there were logging machines and
old oily trucks. When I walked through the door I
saw fuel lines hanging from the white walls. There
were several engines from a 65 Hatteras and glass
cases full of injector pumps. The man in the white
lab coat said ” that fuel line looks like it came of
a Perkins”. I had cracked the retainer nut on the
end of the line and it leaked. I told the man in
the lab coat that the boat mechanics told me the
lines had to be the exact same and I needed a new
one. He called to an older man in back that came
out in his white lab coat and took my line in back.
In less than a minute he returned with a new
compression fitting on the line and told me that he
had trimmed about 1/4″ off. I told the old man what
the others had told me and he said that if it didn't
work that he would give my $2.50 back for the
repair.
The moral to this story is look for a heavy
equipment or other than marine source and the price
will be significantly cheaper. By the way that $2.50
repair worked just fine for about ten years.
lines by three different boat mechanics. They were
available at that time from Norshipco in Norfolk,
VA. To the tune of $565 that of course included
shipping. I could not believe that the lines had to
be so precise. I got in my car and started driving
after four stops, three cities and about 200 miles I
walked into Southeastern Diesel on the side of the
highway. Outside there were logging machines and
old oily trucks. When I walked through the door I
saw fuel lines hanging from the white walls. There
were several engines from a 65 Hatteras and glass
cases full of injector pumps. The man in the white
lab coat said ” that fuel line looks like it came of
a Perkins”. I had cracked the retainer nut on the
end of the line and it leaked. I told the man in
the lab coat that the boat mechanics told me the
lines had to be the exact same and I needed a new
one. He called to an older man in back that came
out in his white lab coat and took my line in back.
In less than a minute he returned with a new
compression fitting on the line and told me that he
had trimmed about 1/4″ off. I told the old man what
the others had told me and he said that if it didn't
work that he would give my $2.50 back for the
repair.
The moral to this story is look for a heavy
equipment or other than marine source and the price
will be significantly cheaper. By the way that $2.50
repair worked just fine for about ten years.
Linus
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