Tube Repair Needed

[Stewart Loy]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Stew...

I probably could find some thing that we could cobble together that would work ,if you bring it with you or send it up..
I assume it is for oil pressure..

Alex,

Thanks for the offer. I might just use that to act as an excuse to come up to the Nation's Catpital in the next while. It will have to wait a bit 'tho, as my father-in-law is still tinkering with the car.

It is the pressure monitor for the fuel system. With the gas tank in the rear of the vehicle a small hand pump supplied 1.5 PSI to the system prior to starting, then a pump driven from the flathead V-8 kept the pressure in the system. ( This many years prior to Henry Ford 'inventing' the V-8. Both mills sound the same 'tho - nothing beats a flat head )

I suspect that it was blown up ( to use 'pressure terminology' ) when 85 years of sludge finally clogged the fuel system. The little tube looks rugged, but force feeding solvents under shop air pressure may have overwhelmed it! I thought that what came out of a Universal Carrier after degreasing was gross, but this crap was 20 years crappier!

Thanks for all of the suggestions.


Stewart

PS- I was at the officially unveiling of the Veterans Green park and veterans statue in Waterloo this afternoon. Lots of old and new veterans and many fine HMvs showed up, along with most of the ususal suspects from down this way. It really is an impressive bronze art work. Check out pix and more at:

www.canadianveteransmemorial.com