We cut the rubber fuel line just south of the metal stub tubing that goes into the fuel pump inlet on our 1964 Valiant slant 6 as we were removing the engine for machine work (rebuilding.)
On inspection of that rubber line, we discovered that the useable area that fuel could flow through, (in the interior of that line,) had somehow closed down to a passageway no bigger than the lead in a pencil!
We bought that car from an old lady who said it was running poorly (I can only imagine!) so she'd parked it about 15 years ago. Hadn't moved, since.
I don't know how that carburettor was getting enough fuel to idle, even, much less, drive.
The outside of that fuel line looked fine; but the interior had somehow, "grown" shut.
The added rubber that filled in, where the original passageway had been, looked just like all the other rubber it was made of.
It was just 90% closed off...
We used a sharp knife to slice through that rubber line because we were in a hurry... or, we'd never have discovered it.
Made me wonder how many other cars are out there, with the same problem...
Anybody else ever see anything like this?
Sorry; I don't have a picture of it, but I couldn't make this up; it's too bizarre...
On inspection of that rubber line, we discovered that the useable area that fuel could flow through, (in the interior of that line,) had somehow closed down to a passageway no bigger than the lead in a pencil!
We bought that car from an old lady who said it was running poorly (I can only imagine!) so she'd parked it about 15 years ago. Hadn't moved, since.
I don't know how that carburettor was getting enough fuel to idle, even, much less, drive.
The outside of that fuel line looked fine; but the interior had somehow, "grown" shut.
The added rubber that filled in, where the original passageway had been, looked just like all the other rubber it was made of.
It was just 90% closed off...
We used a sharp knife to slice through that rubber line because we were in a hurry... or, we'd never have discovered it.
Made me wonder how many other cars are out there, with the same problem...
Anybody else ever see anything like this?
Sorry; I don't have a picture of it, but I couldn't make this up; it's too bizarre...