Shawn Stanford

10mm does not equal 3/8\".

Shawn Stanford

Despite rumors to the contrary, 10mm does not equal 3/8".

3/8" is a scoonch over 9mm. Should I try to jam it on there or order "10mm" hose? I'm concerned that I have no way of knowing if it's really 10mm, or just 3/8" that the seller or manufacturer considers 'close enough'.

monkez

Well, considering 10mm is less than 2 hundredths of an inch larger, my opinion would be that it shouldn't make a difference (but I'm a noob at best).

However, you could always try to find a hydraulic hose repair shop nearby. They should be able to use your old fittings and make a hose that would work just fine.

Just my 2 cents....

Shawn Stanford

I must have gotten some crap 3/8" hose, because it's just a lick over 9mm. I tried to force it onto the stub of hard pipe and it's just not going on.

ANF

3/8 should be 9.5mm. Put the rubber hose in some boiling water and then it should hopefully go on....

Wisconsin Joe

Try some lube. I had a radiator hose that simply didn't want to go on (944). A little bit of silicone brake grease made all the difference in the world.

A week or so ago, I was helping a friend put poly fuel line onto a plastic fitting. Again, a bit of brake grease made a huge difference.

Shawn Stanford

Okay, the boiling water worked! I got enough on there that the hose clamp has something to bite on. I'll put a little lube on there and it'll be "Bob's your uncle". Thanks, guys!

Wisconsin Joe

See? You aren't all that bad at wrenching on the car.

You just need a bit of advice and assistance from time to time.

Same as most of us.

Shawn Stanford

You've obviously forgotten last year's thread, Joe!

Shawn Stanford

I didn't get a lot of garage time tonight, so not as much progress as I would have liked.

Since i found I can put heated hose onto the pipe ends, I put the banjo fittings onto the two ends and hose clamped them down. I measured the length for the short piece from the pipe end to the driver's side banjo bolt and hacked off an 11" piece, including the length of the banjo fitting. That left a 4' piece for the long reach (the pipe that's up in the center tunnel), which I think is going to need about 35" of hose. It's getting late now, but tomorrow I should have the time to finish the job.

Of course, even when the transmission lines are fixed, I'll still have the no-start to figure out.

In related news: I was inspired by something Pablo wrote in Flussig about keeping a garage journal, so I bought myself a blank book for each car. I'll make an effort to keep track of the activity of each car, both in the garage and out.

In unrelated news, I found the vintage 15" Fuchs I bought don't fit at all on my Boxster, which was a disappointment on a couple of levels. First: I really wanted the look, Second: I now have $1,000 invested in wheels and new tires and no application. Since I had the wheels off already, I swapped the manholes I had on there for a set of phonies from my old 951. It's an okay look.

ANF

Well done, good progress

Shawn Stanford

Woo hoo! Stitch lives!

Okay, before I reveal what an idiot I am, and how the only thing that saved me being a bigger idiot is having been an huge idiot, let me finish up with the transmission cooler lines.

I put a pan of water onto a hotplate out in the garage. I cut the longer piece of hose to fit and then one at a time I heated up the open ends and jammed them onto the ends of the pipe, and screwed down the hose clamps. I got the banjo bolts threaded evenly and, based on this post, torqued them to 30nm. Then i put those plastic brackets back into place, except for one that I couldn't reach up in the tunnel. On that one I folded the tabs over and called it a day.

Then I addressed the no-start. Have you guessed what the problem was? Yeah: Out of gas. I was thinking about it over the last couple days and all the symptoms were the same as the time I spent three days diagnosing an empty tank (culminating in pulling the feed tube into the pump). But I dumped some gas in a couple weeks ago, and he fired and ran. There should have been enough gas in the tank to run for 20 minutes and then to restart. Right?

Wrong.

It turns out that the pour spout on my gas tank only lets out a trickle. I only put in enough gas to run the car for 20 minutes at idle. Tonight, to be certain, I removed the spout, got a funnel, and dumped in about a gallon of gas.

The car fired on the third try and settled into a nice idle after a couple minutes. Of course.

While he was still up on the jacks, I started him, put him in neutral, and got underneath to put about 2 quarts of ATF in. It was still showing low, but I decided to take it around the block to give the ATF a chance to work through the transmission. I went maybe half a mile, and by the time I got back the transmission was slipping badly, which I expected. After parking, I checked and, sure enough, the ATF was at the bottom of the sight. However, I don't see any leaks at the joints or at the banjo bolts.

I'll make a run out to the parts store tomorrow for some ATF, then a nice drive and a long-overdue bath.

Looking forward to the Hershey! Especially the $10 concours parking!

Bertrand Daoust

I assume your gauge doesn't work.

Start by fixing this maybe...

The first time was quite funny. Two times in two years is hilarious!

Seriously Shawn, keep up the good work.

Wisconsin Joe

2 suggestions:

1 - Keep the tank full. I'm a big fan of keeping the tank as full as possible. Airspace in it invites condensation, and water in the gas. With ethanol gas, that simply gets absorbed, with 'straight gas' that forms a little puddle at the bottom of the tank. It can freeze in winter.

2- Get a can of starting fluid. The "real" stuff, ether, is a bit dangerous. But brake clean, carb clean or even WD 40 work as "low grade" starting fluid. When you get a 'no start', give it a quick spray and see what happens.

Adk46

I did a lot of work on the 1959 Austin-Healey over the winter. In the spring, I took it out for a test drive. It died. Naturally, I assumed I'd screwed something up, or it was a Prince of Darkness thing. On the way home in the cab of the flatbed, the real cause started to dawn on me - and the driver. He asked "Want to stop and put some gas in it?" I quickly said "no" - proof of idiocy could wait for a more private setting.