Looked at the fuel line today.85 GT, do your fuel lines feed into the engine compartment like in my pic? The clamp in the middle of the pic holds the rubber line to it, which then turns 90 degrees towards the front of the car to the fuel pump..
There is a fuel and a return line that makes a circuit from the mechanical fuel pump to the fuel tank.. If you look at my pics in post #17, you can see all three lines..Fuel anf Return.........You're carb'd right? What return line? You mean vent line?
Sure, happy to help.... or at least try to.Hey, appreciate your help . Classic lines builds a 85 GT only line, but they have not been able to answer my questions
The picture of it they show does not look much different than what mine looks like and the front of the line in the engine compartment looks completely different.. so I have been thinking of a plan B...
Like Limp said, there is a "return line" from the mechanical fuel pump back to the tank. That is separate from the fuel-vapor return line coming from the charcoal canister.Fuel anf Return.........You're carb'd right? What return line? You mean vent line?
Agreed, this is what I assume to.. I asked Classic tubes ( email ) if the rear clearance for the right side exhaust was the difference in the 85 only line and they were unable to help me... Pretty sad response actually... Claimed they did not have any ford blueprints or drawings? LMR or NPD do not have this line in there catalog... Heck I would drive to NPD Ocala to look at it if they did...Sure, happy to help.... or at least try to.
Sounds to me like the '85 specific line is the one you would need.... based on what you have and what you're trying to accomplish. Not sure why it doesn't look much different than your current one.
I've never had a carb'd car with a fuel return line, just say'nThere is a fuel and a return line that makes a circuit from the mechanical fuel pump to the fuel tank.. If you look at my pics in post #17, you can see all three lines..
fuel, return and the small black plastic vent line.......
Now this is interesting.... I wish I had a stock 85 close by I could crawl under...I think the carbureted ‘85’s got this tank as well and they had dual tail pipes.
The only way I know of safely putting heat or flame to a gas tank is to fill it with water... Any one else have experience with this??I seriously doubt it. You need enough heat to make the metal pliable.
As long as it goes WHOOF and not KA BOOM..... Appreciate your advice.. ThanksWhen the tank goes whoof once and flame shoots out every open hole, you are good to weld or braze
My understanding is the Kabooms are when the explosion is contained or pressurized, so like you say when open to the atmosphere is should work..When all the holes are open it just about cannot kaboom on you
Sometimes the whoof can be substantial and you just stand away from the holes that shoot the flame out
Most times it is just a little puff
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