<VV> Re: 68/69 fuel return line

[Tony Underwood]

At 05:36 AM 5/31/2007, Frank DuVal wrote:
>IIRC, the 68/69 fuel return line comes off the fuel pump by using a 
>"cross" instead of a "tee" pipe fitting on the outlet. It is steel 
>1/8" line from the cross to the firewall, rubber hose, then more 
>steel line to the front of the car. GM used the steel nipple 
>soldered to the fuel inlet pipe on these instead of the rubber tee 
>method used on Spyders to replace the vent hose. See discussion of 
>failed rubber tees a few days earlier.


Speaking of failed rubber:       (no smart-ass remarks)



Tried to go someplace in the '69 Monza.    Started, ran for about 10 
seconds and quit.   Nothing but cranking noises, not a lick.    Had 
fire, no fuel.

Replaced the rubber fuel hose link behind the engine shrouding.    It 
had a mouse mouth sized hole gnawed through it, neatly carved like it 
was drilled, only with tooth marks on the rubber around the edges.


Watch out guys, the field mice are stealing gas...

The tacky part is that there's a colony of cats that live 
here.    Someone's been falling down on the job.


tony..