Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
A few days back I did manage to get the MSD box re-installed on the Barracuda. The battery was depleted from sitting the last 6 months so I put a trickle charge on it before connecting the power leads to the control box.
I had to pump the pedal quite a few times while cranking the engine over before gas finally filled the fuel bowls. As soon as it did, the car fired right off. Luckily, the hood was still open and when I got out to close it I saw that the fuel line from the pump to the carb was spraying gas everywhere. It looked like a sprinkler hose! The odd thing is that it's a braided stainless line connected with AN fittings.
There must have been a dozen spots that were spaying fuel. - No signs of exterior damage to the hose. I had wondered at first whether or not one of the fittings was faulty and the fuel was being forced beneath the stainless braid but I couldn't find anything wrong with them. I guess the inner rubber must have deteriorated. It was Summit Racing hose.
Saturday I ran to Speedway Motors in Lincoln and bought a few feet of their hose and their fittings. My plan was to replace them all. I ran into problems when it came time to assemble the new hose. The exterior diameter of the hose from Speedway was larger than the hose I'd used before and the sleeve that slides over the hose was smaller. Even using a hose clamp to compress the new hose, - I couldn't get it inside of the new fittings. After a dozen attempts I chose to re-use the fittings from Summit. It was a really tight fit but I was able to assemble them.
The 'Cuda is back on the road but I still need to re-do the exhaust. 733404spdCuda had warned me how loud the Purple Hornies would be and he was right. They've gotten me by while I focused on other facets of the car build but I do need to think seriously about muffling this thing down.