54peanut

a journal of the work i do on my 1954 chevy 1/2-ton pickup, ''peanut''

Monday, June 16, 2003

it don't fit!
Well, I tried to install the main fuel line from Inline Tube, and it doesn't fit. The bends are in the wrong places; if I try to run it along the frame rail like the original line, it doesn't quite fit to the mounts and there's not enough line to go from the frame rail out to the center of the cab. I've just called Inline Tube, and they said they'll go through their paperwork to find out what happened and call me back.

Besides that, I got a lot done yesterday, despite being tired and a little sunburnt from a rafting trip. Rubbing a sunburn on asphalt sure does wake you up, though. My girlfriend took care of changing the oil, as well as draining, flushing, and re-filling the radiator. I put some more soundproofing material on the floor of the cab, under the driver's seat -- this was much easier to install in the direct sun on a summer day than it was back in December, since the stuff is like asphalt and bends when heated. The one missing piece of fuel line was created by bending a 30" steel line from NAPA, with a fitting on one end to mate with the fuel gauge sender, and a zip-tie attachment at the other end to attach to the rubber line going through the cab floor. I got the tank back into the cab, hooked up all the lines going in and coming out, and got all the wiring back in place. My girlfriend and I even re-installed the 6x9 speaker boxes between the top of the gas tank and the bottom metal "lip" of the top half of the cab, using my specialized speaker box installer tool (aka a rubber mallet). I test-fit the fuel line from the pump to the carburetor, and it appears that it might fit after I cut it in the middle for the fuel filter.

Left to do on the fuel system: Clean out the carburetor and oil-bath air filter, and re-adjust the fuel pump so that the inlet and outlet ports are parallel with the engine (they're skewed a bit). Oh, and get a fuel line that fits!

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