[Diy_efi] GM Fuel Pump / Tank Options

[Ernest Buckler]

Gotta plug the ends real solidly to keep sand from shifting - on steel 
y'weld caps on.  And, major caution if yer gonna use heat - sand has to be 
DRY DRY DRY, otherwise you got yerself a steam bomb, plenty 
shrapnel-capable.

Ernie B.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sc7500" <sc7500 at sonic.net>
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] GM Fuel Pump / Tank Options


> Anyone have a resource for various DIA's and bends of fuel filler hose?
>>
>> You can buy polyethylene tubes from McMaster
>> (what the gas tank is made from) It's a thermo plastic
>> so you should be able to heat it to bend it but it
>> might be hard to keep it from closing off on a tight
>> bend.
>>
> An old timey trick that has never failed me is to fill plastic tubing with 
> clean sand BEFORE heating and bending ~ it doesn't collapse.
>
> BTW, this also works for making thin wall exhaust tubing bends with those 
> cheap Harbor Freight "pipe benders"...
>
> SC
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