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Fuel tank / pipe compression fitting
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Fuel System
I was supplied top left, I switched to bottom left as that was what was on the short section out of the fuel pump. They collapse into the pipe which yields to the olive to, but is still loose. -
Fuel tank / pipe compression fitting
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Fuel System
Hi Classiclife, I tested with a tightened nut, from nipped to (probably) over tightened. Olives: I’ve tried two types, stepped that were in the kit and barrel that I swapped to after discovering a barrel type at the fuel pump. Def 5/16”, not 8 mm. After tightening I experience the loose olive. -
Fuel tank / pipe compression fitting
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Fuel System
Anyone know the torque for the nut? I tested a small section tonight and from nipped through to (probably) over-tight, the olive doesn’t feel right. There are perfect looking, concentric, all around areas on the olive where it’s been compressed into the tube but, it just isn’t tight. It will turn a few degrees clock/anti-clockwise, though not all around. Should it remain tight even after disassembly? PS: If there’s products out there now that are suitable for sealing faces, great, I’ll use them. But, will they work with a loose olive? Sounds like something Popeye would say! -
Fuel tank / pipe compression fitting
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Fuel System
Hi Adrian, no, 5/16” (not 8 mm) tank outlet size. Compression fittings only require the metal parts and never ptfe tape to seal. Please don’t use ptfe tape on compression fittings, it shouldn’t be used. They are designed to be used as is. Strip down and remove the ptfe tape, if it leaks without, there’s something wrong. Correct ASAP. -
Has anyone experienced difficulty in getting the olive to grip properly onto copper tubing? I’ve tried two types of olive and neither are secure. When the pipe is removed, the olive will move slightly when twisted by fingers. Don’t get me wrong, it wouldn’t pull off but, it just doesn’t feel right.
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GT6 mk3 fuel pipe route from pump and back to tank
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Fuel System
Almost there, need to change the straight inlet stub on the fuel pump to a bent one to improve the pipe from filter to pump. -
Non-iso 2K Paint - oh dear!
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Bodywork & Fittings
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Thanks Mat. That’s the route I was going to take, including the lower / bottom cable clip. I’ve added some aluminium P clips at three of the lamp to body fixings, to take the strain off the push-on connectors and edge protection at the apertures where the loom goes through, I’ll post some pic’s later. My night dim relay came with spire-nuts to fasten it to the inner wing (yours doesn’t have them) I assume it goes in the space between the inner & outer, a rather awkward position? Very Triumph.
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Hmmmm. Painted car with non-iso 2K. Got these appearing. Look like volcanoes. The black in the middle is not an external contaminant, it is produced by the paint
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GT6 mk3 fuel pipe route from pump and back to tank
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Fuel System
Thanks bloke. I prefer that route. Not much room left through that outrigger anyway. -
Please will someone post a picture of the route of the pipe from fuel pump back/down to the chassis. Does it go through the outrigger or between the bulkhead and the chassis?
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Can someone post a picture of the fuel pipe route from tank outlet to the first clip on the side of the chassis, forward of the rear axle. In my picture, I’ve circled the floor hole and the first chassis clip, I’m ok with that bit, it’s the around/under/over? the driveshaft bit that I need guidance on. Also, will a Canley Classics cv conversion require a different route? I’ve added pic off Google, is the tank to first clip ahead of the axle a separate section?
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GT6 door check strap brackets
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Bodywork & Fittings
It’s a double-skinned area and the brackets are spot welded to the inner skin only! -
I need to remove the check-strap brackets from a door shell but I cannot see how they’re attached. I cleaned the area on the outside of the shell back to bare metal expecting to uncover some spot-welds, but there’s no evidence of any and inside doesn’t reveal anything either! Was this Triumph’s move towards bonding, long before anyone else? I wish. Would someone please advise where the welds are. The tiny dark patch @ 3 o’clock looks like one but, it’s over the manufacturing location hole in the bracket. Cleaned propely on the inside revealed all four of them! But they don’t show on the outside. Great. Thanks.
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GT6 Off Side Door Drop Glass Rear Channel
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Parts Wanted
Thanks Colin, will do. I’ve seen his lower, moving ones. -
Hi all, I’m I need of a door drop glass channel for GT6 mk3, off side. The vertical channel, adjacent to the handle/latch. Or, if anyone’s adapted others to suit, please advise. Thanks.
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The gap between the seal flange and the door is parallel and about 3/4” all around until you get to the top (front and rear) of the door, where the plastic covering is/should be, here it is much closer. Is this correct? Can anyone post some pictures, maybe with a rule across the gaps too? Is there more than one type of seal (size) to the door seals? Apart from the strip on the rear of the screen pillar.
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Test overdrive with prop-shaft disconnected?
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Gearbox & Overdrive
That’s Friday afternoons job sorted then. Thanks. -
Gearbox with D type od - oil spec?
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Gearbox & Overdrive
And it turns out that the oil I bought from a motor factor in Marston Green is GL5. Save my box chaps. Again, thanks. -
Gearbox with D type od - oil spec?
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Gearbox & Overdrive
Thanks Pete. I too have only ever seen, and used the ones as per the handbook. Always good to check I think (measure twice, cut once)! -
Gearbox with D type od - oil spec?
Adrian Saunders replied to Adrian Saunders's topic in Gearbox & Overdrive