Re: Fuel pickup line

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

IMHO one of the reasons for the "S" in the pick-up hose and it's 
extended length is to keep the noise and vibration caused by the pump 
from getting transmitted into the fuel tank. The bottom of the tank 
would become a sounding board amplifying the noise especially at low 
levels of fuel.
The origional configuration is very reliable as long as the parts 
aren't deteriorated and are correctly installed. It is too easy to 
kink the hose as you install the pump. Too often I have seen this area 
of the car "botched up" by previous mechanics who didn't know what 
they were doing and or didn't get the right parts. This being a 
"hidden" area most owners don't know what is going on in there.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "johnsdmc12" <dherv10@xxxx> wrote:
> Group, I have been working and thinking about a new fuel pick up 
line 
> for some time now. After looking at all the possibilities and 
> weighing all the problems. What I have put on the web site is it. 
> No more pick up line. Instead of the long hose route and collapsing 
> hose problems due to heat and pressure,plus the expense of the long 
> hose, I have fabricated another baffel box and come straight off 
the 
> pump with my filter screen. By only using 1 1/2" of the expensive 
> tubing that will withstand the gas and all the chemicals, it's now 
> ready. It will take less than an hour to put it in. It will come 
with 
> instructions and I will be posting more pictures on the web site. 
> I hope this will solve a lot of fuel tank pick up problems for a lot 
> of you.. It's on the front page of the web site.
> It's in my car and working .
> John hervey
> www.specialTauto.com