webber carb fuel lines
Discussion
petrolpat said:
As in title does anyone know of a good company that can make up petrol lines for twin 40 Webber carbs. Thanks in advance for info
Merlin Motorsporthttps://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/
I would suggest Think Automotive. They can make up lines whilst you wait - I usually take a bent coat hanger to get the dimensions correct or just buy the braided pipe and fittings and do it yourself - not difficult but watch the cut spikes on the end as they can draw blood on the fingers!
A second vote for do it yourself; especially if dimensions are quite critical to the fit as they were for me.
A hand held hydraulic crimper off the bay of E with a few quids worth of ferrules and you'll be happily making them up yourself in no time. For me, with the number I had to do and the dimensional criticality of the setup, the ability to make them up "in-situ" made a potentially frustrating job really easy. The same crimper has been used a number of times for other things too (making up battery cables, starter connectors etc).
As has been said, watch out for the braiding ends if using stainless braided lines. Best cut with a hacksaw after wrapping with masking tape, then carefully removing the tape and slipping on the ferrule. I took a number of smaller bites at compressing the ferrule, "clocking" the crimper each time to obtain a nice hexagonal end result. Some more expensive versions of the tool eliminate the need to do this as they are true 360 deg crimpers, but I felt that to be unnecessary for my purposes.
A hand held hydraulic crimper off the bay of E with a few quids worth of ferrules and you'll be happily making them up yourself in no time. For me, with the number I had to do and the dimensional criticality of the setup, the ability to make them up "in-situ" made a potentially frustrating job really easy. The same crimper has been used a number of times for other things too (making up battery cables, starter connectors etc).
As has been said, watch out for the braiding ends if using stainless braided lines. Best cut with a hacksaw after wrapping with masking tape, then carefully removing the tape and slipping on the ferrule. I took a number of smaller bites at compressing the ferrule, "clocking" the crimper each time to obtain a nice hexagonal end result. Some more expensive versions of the tool eliminate the need to do this as they are true 360 deg crimpers, but I felt that to be unnecessary for my purposes.
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