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Going to get down and dirty with my Ford Lehman's soon and wanted to test the injectors.
Love getting tools that expand my DIY capabilities.
As my Dad says "you'll never regret paying for the right tool for a job. It'll pay you back for years"
Just curious, how many folks carry spare injectors?
If a fuel line carries away, what is the proper recommendation, let it continue to pump the fuel or make an attempt to squeeze the pressure side of the line shut?
Tonight, I spent a hour reading the news. Nothing good is happening.
My wife says I have never met a tool I didn’t need.
Hahaha! I take that one and run with it all the time....I tell my wife when I'm tool-buying and it's pretty true....If you successfully do a job yourself without hiring someone to do it, the tools are free....
A good hint to bend copper tubing without crushing them is to fill them with soapy waterr and put them in the freezer. Soapy water will freeze but stay like slush giving a support for the tubing interior wall and prevent crushing while bending. That is the way they bend tubing for copper instruments like trumpet.With respect to diesel fuel lines, I spent a lovely several hours going back and forth from cookstove to engine replacing a broken fuel line with one found in a heap in the forepeak of a friend's sailboat that I was crewing on, while taking it from St Thomas to Boston. I heated the line to cherry red, unbent and rebent it bit by bit to get it to fit the Perkins.
Successfully.
I also have duplicates like screwdrivers, you never have too many!I've always said - and acted upon - the thought that one should buy the tool one needs to get a particular job done. That tool will inevitably be used over and over on new jobs one never had contemplated doing. That said, I've begun collecting doubles or even triples of some tools and that's not counting those that live on the boat or in the car. I maintain a couple major tools in the basement shop and duplicates in the barn. Then, I inherited some multiples from my dad's collection...
Happily for those within hearing, I very seldom - dare I tempt fate - never have dropped tools overboard. I did drop a steel tape into a concrete block core at the top of a foundation wall; very annoying to look down several feet to see it shining away and know the non-ferrous case rendered it totally unreachable.
With respect to diesel fuel lines, I spent a lovely several hours going back and forth from cookstove to engine replacing a broken fuel line with one found in a heap in the forepeak of a friend's sailboat that I was crewing on, while taking it from St Thomas to Boston. I heated the line to cherry red, unbent and rebent it bit by bit to get it to fit the Perkins.
Successfully.
Would it be practical/possible to have a couple of emergency fuel lines made using high-pressure hose and appropriate fittings? We have Lehman 135s and it seems like a one-foot and two-foot hose would cover the waterfront if we had a breakdown—enough to limp back to civilization perhaps—and allow for quick change-outs. Cheaper, as well, than carrying a full set of spares.
You might be able to but the difficulty is the fitting at the injectors and also where the line goes through the rubber gasket just befor the injector. That could be a challenge. We bought a spare set 6 for our FL SP135 for less than $200.
Thanks, Larry. I should have priced them before I asked. That’s surprisingly reasonable.
Shop around, a new set of injector pipes for a 120 is goingnear $800 with shipping.
Be careful, they rust easy if stored in the bilge. Worth vacuum packing if you can.
Just curious, how many folks carry spare injectors?
If a fuel line carries away, what is the proper recommendation, let it continue to pump the fuel or make an attempt to squeeze the pressure side of the line shut?
Tonight, I spent a hour reading the news. Nothing good is happening.
Would it be practical/possible to have a couple of emergency fuel lines made using high-pressure hose and appropriate fittings? We have Lehman 135s and it seems like a one-foot and two-foot hose would cover the waterfront if we had a breakdown—enough to limp back to civilization perhaps—and allow for quick change-outs. Cheaper, as well, than carrying a full set of spares.
I wouldn't attempt it unless it's a a very dier situation. If you have a hose rated for the psi the other would need to be as close to the exact length and id of the original line as possible. Any variations would change timing dimension and could potentially damage that cylinder. If you look at your injector lines you should notice the ones closest to the pump still have the same length as the ones that are the furthest away.