jimser Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 well not quite but after the resident inspector(dci lee) pointing out that my fuel lines looked slightly fubared decided to replace the lines to/from the reg to rails etc.most were like this but after taking the inlet manifold off to reach the t piece for the parallel rail doofer,which is a right pain in the butt found this absolutely gubbed! visions of this came to mind can be doing without another day like that the end ps. thanks for the help big chap but stop biting them nails Link to comment
colin_ross Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Fook me. I think you should cook Peter dinner for that favour. Link to comment
StrikE Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Look on the bright side.......... you could still sell the rear bumper!! Link to comment
Joe G Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Bet you are glad you found that now rather than later!! Link to comment
jimser Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Look on the bright side.......... you could still sell the rear bumper!! no offence mate but thats the kind of stupid remark i expect from an idiot Link to comment
arch Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Jim let me know if you are going to replace the fuel lines with braided lines. I just replaced some of the hose that I got from Pirtek coz it was crap and the new stuff is pretty good and cheap if you want the link let me know. Glad you found this as that looks horrific. Link to comment
StrikE Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 no offence mate but thats the kind of stupid remark i expect from an idiot Pm'ed Link to comment
hi_jac Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Look on the bright side.......... you could still sell the rear bumper!! Thats not a nice thing to say when someones pride and joy has gone up in flames. Nice to see you got the fuel lines sorted for no Jim Link to comment
killa Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 those lines looked tatty indeed good to hear your getting them sorted is this going to be a monster build Jim? Link to comment
braveheart Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Nice one Peter well done for spotting, glad you got there first Jim ..what you got in the pipeline for it ?? when u fitting the Turbo ? Chris.. Link to comment
green_goblin Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 That was really lucky by the looks of the part at the t-piece!!! Glad nothing bad happened mate!!!! Is that just heat damaged or just poor pipe?? I am going to be changing my fuel pipes just shortly, whats the best pipe to install?? Jase Link to comment
StrikE Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) I have already apologised for the remark said in my post, It was said 'tongue in cheek' I can only presume that everyone was out of the car safely, no one was hurt and the car was insured or we would have heard about it. I based [wrongly] the bumper joke on the above presumptions being correct. I can only imagine the pain of watching your pride and joy go up in flames and having to wait until the fire services arrived, even then powerless to do nothing. Sometimes a post can be taken the wrong way, this is one of those times & i cannot apologise enough. No offence was meant at anytime whatsoever. Jim and others i am hanging my head in shame and drawing a line under this. Indeed i am that idiot. Edit I would also like to point out at no time did i know the car in the pictures was Jim's car. I only found out later & after my initial post I though it was a 'library' picture sourced from the Internet to show what could happen if you found perished fuel hoses on your car. I had no idea how much time, effort & money Jim had also spent on his car, if indeed i knew that was Jim's car in the photo's i certainly wouldn't of said anything. I am not that insensitive, a full apology was given to and accepted by Jim. Just thought i would clear that up for the few that haven't read this post yet Edited August 28, 2009 by StrikE Link to comment
arch Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I must admit it is probably obvious to everyone that the remark was made tongue in cheek and was meant to add a little humour to the thread but for Jim finding perished fuel lines so soon after watching a car he had spent so much of his energy on go up in flames must have brought horrific memories of the event straight back. Nice to see a genuine apology though Link to comment
hacky Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Looks like a "lucky" find. Probably a wee eye opener for a lot of people on here, me included. Link to comment
mctwistuk Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 That was a lucky find Jim. Glad that you found it before it did much damage. Link to comment
gus the bus Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 A very timely find Jimser glad you did though! Link to comment
jimser Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Jim let me know if you are going to replace the fuel lines with braided lines. I just replaced some of the hose that I got from Pirtek coz it was crap and the new stuff is pretty good and cheap if you want the link let me know. Glad you found this as that looks horrific. short term fix was to replace with standard fuel hose,i take it you adapted your rails for dash fittings?did you get that done locally?pm if you prefer those lines looked tatty indeed good to hear your getting them sorted is this going to be a monster build Jim? not quite,just a built 2.0l with an md321t so about 450 ish Nice one Peter well done for spotting, glad you got there first Jim ..what you got in the pipeline for it ?? when u fitting the Turbo ? Chris.. turbo was fitted a couple of weeks ago chris,just to get it mapped now.was quite surprised at the size of the 20g alongside the t t on the left That was really lucky by the looks of the part at the t-piece!!! Glad nothing bad happened mate!!!! Is that just heat damaged or just poor pipe?? I am going to be changing my fuel pipes just shortly, whats the best pipe to install??Jase not sure tbh its factory fuel lines.as arch says your probably better going for braided lines Link to comment
RS Grant Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Gizza a wee pic or two and a description of where you found it, spec etc of the project car Jim, I'm not such a regular browser of SS just now and must have missed you putting a thread up.. Cheers, Grant Link to comment
spot2 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Delighted that you caught it in time Jim, what age/mileage had those lines done? Thanks in advance Graham Link to comment
jimser Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Gizza a wee pic or two and a description of where you found it, spec etc of the project car Jim, I'm not such a regular browser of SS just now and must have missed you putting a thread up..Cheers, Grant found it on scoobynet grant,most of the works already been done.have changed the turbo,new front bells,rotors and pads and added an avcr.oh and a switch for anti lag as for spec its pretty much all been covered by previous owner 2.0l built engine,6 speed box, ast coilovers,whiteline bars,alk etc.£23k later he decided he wanted a bike again so good on him Link to comment
jimser Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Delighted that you caught it in time Jim,what age/mileage had those lines done? Thanks in advance Graham car is 10 years old and covered 57000 miles,i'm assuming that they are the original lines from factory Link to comment
RS Grant Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 That looks really nice mate, always good picking up someones elses project thats been done properly so you can put your own wee twist on it and finish off to your own spec. Sounds like a lot of gucci bits came with it, glad your back on track after the Bug. Cheers, Grant Link to comment
dipsy Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Tidy motor that Jimser .Good you spotted the fuel lines before any more disaters just looked in Demon tweeks red book there is a few different manufactures of braided hose and it not cheap well better to be safe than sorry Link to comment
sma01 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 tidy looking car, i could be in a classic very soon too glad the fuel lines were spotted in time, might need to get dci lee to have a wee look at mine too scott Link to comment
fai17 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 car is 10 years old and covered 57000 miles,i'm assuming that they are the original lines from factory Jim i would doubt if it'll be original lines as its had a paralell conversion...but i could be wrong on this one! Glad you got it sorted mate and a burger is enough for me Link to comment
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