66Vcuda
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A funny thing happened at the parts store. After a carburetor rebuild I thought I might change the fuel line, it being more than forty years old. So with old hose in hand I go to the parts store and told the gentleman I needed to replace this fuel line which was “about a foot” long. I also needed to replace the vent hose too so I said about 3 feet should about cover it. With new hose in hand I went home and proceeded to put the new hose on and low and behold it was not 3/8”. But it did fit the vent hose I needed so that helped. I did not notice how much the 40 year old hose had swollen and looked like 3/8”. OK my bad, so back to the parts store I go. I told the young man that I needed “about a foot” of 5/16” and handed him the original hose to measure with. He came back with a 12 inch piece of hose. I placed the new hose on top of the old hose and it was about a half an inch short. I told him I needed more hose and to please cut me a new one. He said he couldn’t because there was only 1 inch of hose left. (don’t laugh the funny is not here yet). I told him I could not accept that 12 inch piece because it was too short and I needed 12 and a half inches. He asked me if I wanted the other 1 inch piece. (that's the funny). I had to drive ten more miles to get another half inch.
