| [GMCnet] 77 Royale Burned [message #212618] |
Fri, 28 June 2013 10:08  |
peabody
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Location: steamboat springs, co
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I may have missed it or perhaps it may be obvious but where and how did the fire start ?? When I went to start my GMC after the winter storage I noticed that I wasn't getting any fuel (which was odd since I have an electric fuel pump). Upon inspection I found that the rubber gas line into the mechanical fuel pump had cracked and was spewing gas. So much for old rubber lines and ethanol.
Bill Schurman
Steamboat, Springs, CO Ski Town USA
at the base of Rabbit Ears Pass (7% grade)
'78 Palm Beach TZE 168V100258
'66 Porsche 912
'97 Expedition
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| Re: [GMCnet] 77 Royale Burned [message #212626 is a reply to message #212623] |
Fri, 28 June 2013 11:47  |
Gary Worobec
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Clay, if it was the red fuel hose from Howell I recall reading that several
of the guys on the net had issues with that hose. This was a couple of years
back. Because of that I used Aeroquip SS over Teflon for my lines right from
the tank.
Thanks,
Gary and Joanne Worobec
1973 GMC Glacier
Anza, CA
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Clay M. Denton
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 9:07 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] 77 Royale Burned
I had put on the Howell fuel injection system, and once that was running -
smelled gas - looked at the fuel lines and they were all old and rotting, so
had them all completely replaced - even the line back to the generator.
As best as I can tell - something leaked/burst with the fuel lines into the
injector intake. I actually had the generator running when the fire started
(it was hot so was running the roof AC). The fire started completely on top
of the engine under the air cleaner.
Clay
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:08 AM, bill schurman
<lizzie1243@hotmail.com>wrote:
> I may have missed it or perhaps it may be obvious but where and how
> did the fire start ?? When I went to start my GMC after the winter
> storage I noticed that I wasn't getting any fuel (which was odd since
> I have an electric fuel pump). Upon inspection I found that the rubber
> gas line into the mechanical fuel pump had cracked and was spewing
> gas. So much for old rubber lines and ethanol.
>
> Bill Schurman
> Steamboat, Springs, CO Ski Town USA
> at the base of Rabbit Ears Pass (7% grade)
> '78 Palm Beach TZE 168V100258
> '66 Porsche 912
> '97 Expedition
>
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