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Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 12:28 pm
by elliotblock
I have been trying to track down a fuel smell in the cockpit and I have determined it is the fuel vent crossover tube.
Does anybody have a photo or photos of what that area looks like when it isn’t covered up by the headliner?
Thanks!
Elliot
Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 12:51 pm
by 8474
Hi Elliot,
while working on mine before getting it ready for the new headliner I found it broken. I had a friend of mine weld it and then I put new hoses on it.
Yours could either be broken or possibly the hoses just cracked from age.
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Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 4:16 pm
by elliotblock
Thanks!
Fixed mine this weekend and the fuel smell is gone!
Does anyone know if these parts are factory? Is the "49" on the tubing a date code for 1949?
Elliot
Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:44 am
by 4004
Most likely - most "quality" rubber goods have some type of manufacture date coding on them - think shelf life, etc and even auto tires are coded.
Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 7:06 am
by 6183
Those clamps are the originals.
Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 8:59 pm
by 8474
So the smell turned out to be from the cracked hoses?
Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:19 am
by elliotblock
Thanks for the info.
Just to be clear that longitudinal slit is something I did with a razor blade in order to get them off. But they were pretty brittle.
I think the fuel smell came from the clamps not being tight enough -- not sure what tool would be used to tighten them anyway. Replaced them with worm gear clamps and replaced the hoses; all better!
Elliot
Re: Fuel Vent Crossover, 140A
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 12:02 pm
by 8474
elliotblock wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 11:19 am
Thanks for the info.
Just to be clear that longitudinal slit is something I did with a razor blade in order to get them off. But they were pretty brittle.
I think the fuel smell came from the clamps not being tight enough -- not sure what tool would be used to tighten them anyway. Replaced them with worm gear clamps and replaced the hoses; all better!
Elliot
Yes, I suspected that you cut the hoses to get them off, I was referring to the crack that runs thru the letter A. Glad it all worked out.