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Re: [GMCnet] Carb fuel filters [message #327183 is a reply to message #327180] |
Sat, 16 December 2017 16:06 |
jimk
Messages: 6734 Registered: July 2006 Location: Belmont, CA
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Chris,
I have run some of our trucks W/o the filer in the carb and rereted it as
pieces of rubber, metal and other debree managed to get into the carb.
Once I show you the easy way to change that filter, it is not bad at all.
Call me ad I'll tell you how.
On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 1:17 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald
wrote:
> Hi, Chris.
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> Do you have a source and part number for that Pyrex bowl filter? Sounds
> like an excellent suggestion.
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> D C "Mac" Macdonald
> Amateur Radio K2GKK
> Since 30 November '53
> USAF and FAA, Retired
> Member GMCMI & Classics
> Oklahoma City, OK
> "The Money Pit"
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> '76 ex-Palm Beach
> k2gkk + hotmail dot com
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> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Chris Tyler dtyler11@tampabay.rr.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 15:00
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Carb fuel filters
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> Its tempting to simply eliminate the carb filter and go with an inline
> external filter as they are difficult to access. many a Qjet has been
> discarded
> with boogered threads when people have done it wrong.
> BTW there is [or at least was] a kit to repair that.
> I run an View -all Pyrex glass filter at a low point before the fuel pump
> with fuel injection rated hose and double clamps. The plastic ones discolor
> with age and become opaque. This enables a visual check of the filter and
> for water issues as well as a easy drain point with the electric pump. Never
> had a leak; if it did it will leak on the ground rather than hot engine
> components.
> In the high performance world the filters are almost always removed as
> they are a fuel restriction at high flow [especially the pressed brass
> pettet
> type]- more than we will ever need for our application though.
> Problem is, stuff can still sloth of at the pump or line and you risk
> sticking the needle and seat.
> For that reason I still have the paper element in place just in case-
> which with the pre filter should last a long time
> --
> 76 Glenbrook
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