Bre'r Mark Hofmann wrote about RE:Re: Transmission Flush to Bre'r Roy
Witt:


 RW>> Gas line leaks are too dangerous for my blood. A friend of mine had
 RW>> a 61 Chevy pickup that he gave to a shop in east county San Diego
 RW>> for refurbishing and updating. They put a 454 w/700R4 from his 74
 RW>> GMC pickkup

 MH> He is lucky the vehicle didn't end up being a car-be-que.  :)

Somebody actually thought of that and got out the garden hose and began to
water down the floor (and gas). Little did that person realize that gas
will float on water.

 MH> ABout 3 years ago (right before I got the new engine for my 02 Monte)
 MH> my fuel pressure regulator started a slow leak.  I remember it was
 MH> around Christmas and cold outside.  I was in the parking lot of a
 MH> store and smelled gas.  Opened the hood and saw a bit of gas leaking
 MH> from my pressure regulator.  Needless to say, I got it replaced the
 MH> next day.  It was replaced again when I got my new engine.

That happened to my 72 Chevy pickup. The throttle shaft holes had worn out
enough that any gas that was left in the float bowl would run out of the
bowl (purcolate) and onto the throttle plates. If the engine wasn't
running, it would leak past the throttle shafts right on top of the
exhaust cross-over in the intake manifold.

 MH> I still need to replace my fuel pump at some point to fix the
 MH> float/gas guage. Not an emergency project.  I'm just happy that won't
 MH> involve dropping the tank.  Just have to make sure all fittings are
 MH> secure.

Ummmm. Make sure that you check out the gas line fittings used in that
car. They're not the same fittings as those used in earlier versions.
These take a special gas line wrench to open the line. Just a heads up for
you in case you're not familiar with them.


         R\%/itt


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