Saturday, April 12, 2008

Build Days 146 & 147.....More Bleeding Brakes plus Fuel Lines

Thanks again to John for helping bleed the brakes. With the new, working, master cylinder we were finally able to get some fluid into the system. There is still air in the system, which I'll sort out later, but we were able to get the system working enough to check for leaks. Only one found which was quickly resolved, so very pleased with the braking system so far.

I then moved onto plumbing in the fuel lines through the central transmission tunnel. Needed two lines (feed and return) as it's a fuel injection system. Quite please with the results:






Handy tip; I've used 8mm 'micro-bore' copper pipe for the fuel lines. Usually used in house plumbing, so easy to get hold of, yet ideal for fuel line.

1 Comments:

At 9:27 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know this is now a 3 year old thread but still...
Fuel lines are safety critical-
Never use copper lines on a car.
On a car chassis components are subjected to continuous vibration and copper pipes WILL crack.
That is why brake pipes are made from CuNiFer
Copper Nickel Iron alloy- yes they can corrode but they do not crack.
Anonymouse.

 

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