Fitting Nylon Fuel Pipes

[andrewh]

My totally unmolested 62 3.8 had nylon fuel line from the rear bulkhead all the way over the IRS and right up to filter. Now can anyone tell me how they mangaged to clip the SNG oversize nylon pipe in the clips on the chassis rail? It is just a bit too big for the duo pipe clip the ones that take the brake pipe as well. Don't really want to drill new holes and put P clips on.

[38E]

When I restored my car, I used galvanized steel fuel pipe to replace all the nylon tubing.

After having a Lotus Elan burst into flames at the gas pumps once, I'm nervous about any petrol leaks.

[andrewh]

Wow, that's not fun and I imagine being fibreglass it went pretty quickly?

I am happy to stay with the plastic though just need to come up with a fixing for the chassis rail.

[38E]

Wow, that's not fun and I imagine being fibreglass it went pretty quickly?

You'd think, but I was really lucky. I remembered the halon fire extinguisher that I had previously stowed under the seat and it put the flames out immediately. Too bad they've been banned now.

But it scared the daylights out of me as you can imagine. I had just re-built the car and was actually more worried about electrical fires at the time but this one was a petrol leak, dripping from the carbs onto the coil underneath.