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Offline TonyH

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Fuel Line Clearance
« on: May 02, 2020, 02:49:55 PM »
Car is an early 1968 San Jose S-Code.

I'm swapping out an aftermarket twin muffler exhaust for the original style with the transverse muffler.  Clearance between the muffler and the rubber fuel line between the sending unit and main fuel line is very close to the muffler.  How much clearance should I have here?

Appreciate any assistance you can provide...thanks!

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Offline Keith Stem

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Re: Fuel Line Clearance
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2020, 12:52:42 AM »
 I don't have any measurement's, but here is a picture of the muffler and fuel line.

Offline Bob Gaines

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Re: Fuel Line Clearance
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2020, 02:19:46 AM »
Car is an early 1968 San Jose S-Code.

I'm swapping out an aftermarket twin muffler exhaust for the original style with the transverse muffler.  Clearance between the muffler and the rubber fuel line between the sending unit and main fuel line is very close to the muffler.  How much clearance should I have here?

Appreciate any assistance you can provide...thanks!

v/r
Tony
If you look the illustration of the exhaust up in the assemblyline manual it will show you all of those dimensions. Yes it is close and from the picture that looks about right.
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Offline TonyH

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Re: Fuel Line Clearance
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2020, 04:02:20 PM »
Mine is a little tighter than those pictures.  Unfortunately, my assembly manuals are not very good for the measurements, just too low quality to make out so I probably need another set.  Probably just tweak the bend a bit to get a little more piece of mind.  Thanks for the photos and perspectives.

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Driven San Jose 2/23/68 8R02S1427XX
Lime Gold GT Fastback