ziggy
Admiral
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2004
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hi folks, i don't have a question this time. but do have some food for yer thought. if ya got a old boat like i do, used. ya never know who's done what to it till ya look. in this case it was fuel lines. whew, an accident waiting to blow i'd think. i got twin fuel tanks. someone had cut off the original copper fuel lines and splice some b1 hose to them. no nipple just the old copper. from the port side this ran accross the back and 1/3 way up the starboard side of my 16'. the starboard side had been run the 1/3 way up the starboard side, there it tee'd into a plastic live well water diverter, then backwards down the side again, half way accross the back an up to the fuel pump where a plaine pipe (no nipple) was used to complete it to the fuel pump. i think this was poorly thought out and was waiting to leak and blow. not to mention i belive if the coastgaurd had been onto me they'd have sent me home asap for none compliance with the rules. <br />this project was found the hard way. i rammed some gear down the starboard side stoage last fall and broke off one of the plastic diverter nipples, the feed to the fuel pump. i had no fuel from either tank that day and had already launched. needless to say i also loaded back up as i was hosed. but better broken hose nipple than blowed up as i well could have been that day. check to see how yer fuel lines are run.....
