The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster
Moving along nicely. Got most of the fuel line bent up and situated. Went through a lot of anguish while deciding how to route it in front of the trans cross member. I even made a thread about it here. All in all it came out pretty good though. Just a note - I will cover the short section with something if I can find an appropriate solution but just so everyone understands, it's going to stay as-is for now. I can't mess with it anymore.
Pics below are obviously the hard line from back to front. The majority of it is 3/8" aluminum line with stainless gravel guard. The section between the trans x member and the front-outer bulkhead is actually stainless though. I had made it for something else but ended up not using it. It happened to fit nicely in that spot with the bend already in it, just had to trim and re-flare it. That material is rigid AF. Probably didn't even need the spring guard but it was already on.
I may end up getting rid of the second filter right before the trans x member. It's only there because the hard line did not reach the x member and I didn't want to make a whole new front-to-back line. It won't cause problems to have the second filter but it's not needed. If I remove it I'll cut the hard line back and use flex hose.
There are a few more things to finish with the hard line - needs one or two more cushion clamps; have to connect the hard line from the frame rail to the regulator/filter and then that contraption has to be connected to the fuel pump ports in the tank.
Pics
I made a drop-down mount bracket for the regulator to keep it away from the exhaust. Not the most perfect piece but it gets the job done. Even though it's pretty far away, the line will get covered with fancy heat shield stuff where it passes by the exhaust. Yes, it's a road sign. Doing my part to be green and reusing stuff.
While all this has been going on, I have in fact been paying attention to the wiring. I ordered a bunch of things for it including a Deutsch-style bulkhead, some modern connectors for things like the water pump, fan fuel pump and sender etc. and lower-cost than Holley-brand pressure transducers for the EFI.
More to come.
Moving along nicely. Got most of the fuel line bent up and situated. Went through a lot of anguish while deciding how to route it in front of the trans cross member. I even made a thread about it here. All in all it came out pretty good though. Just a note - I will cover the short section with something if I can find an appropriate solution but just so everyone understands, it's going to stay as-is for now. I can't mess with it anymore.
Pics below are obviously the hard line from back to front. The majority of it is 3/8" aluminum line with stainless gravel guard. The section between the trans x member and the front-outer bulkhead is actually stainless though. I had made it for something else but ended up not using it. It happened to fit nicely in that spot with the bend already in it, just had to trim and re-flare it. That material is rigid AF. Probably didn't even need the spring guard but it was already on.
I may end up getting rid of the second filter right before the trans x member. It's only there because the hard line did not reach the x member and I didn't want to make a whole new front-to-back line. It won't cause problems to have the second filter but it's not needed. If I remove it I'll cut the hard line back and use flex hose.
There are a few more things to finish with the hard line - needs one or two more cushion clamps; have to connect the hard line from the frame rail to the regulator/filter and then that contraption has to be connected to the fuel pump ports in the tank.
Pics
I made a drop-down mount bracket for the regulator to keep it away from the exhaust. Not the most perfect piece but it gets the job done. Even though it's pretty far away, the line will get covered with fancy heat shield stuff where it passes by the exhaust. Yes, it's a road sign. Doing my part to be green and reusing stuff.
While all this has been going on, I have in fact been paying attention to the wiring. I ordered a bunch of things for it including a Deutsch-style bulkhead, some modern connectors for things like the water pump, fan fuel pump and sender etc. and lower-cost than Holley-brand pressure transducers for the EFI.
More to come.