Elto Pal fuel line

[ray-schaber]

1/4" is too big for that motor.
Ray

[bob-d]

Why not just shoot Doug Penn an e mail. If he doesn’t have a Pal line I’m sure he will have something in the right size you can adapt.

[Tubs]

Yep – its 3/16". As he stated "no tools"
he would need to take the line with
him and have it cut to length. A
freehand bend will be fine for this
stuff. I think he’ll find that if he
want to run 80 year old motors he
is going to have to start investing it
some tools but my intent is to have
him accomplish this with only the
7/16" wrench he needs to remove
the line. For what Doug would have
to charge to make it worth his while
plus shipping would be many more
times than it would cost to make one.
Maybe he’s not concerned with the
cost though.

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

[Tubs]

quote Garry in Tampa:

Ferrule is correct when used on tubing, referred to as grommets or eyelets when used to line holes. It uses quarter inch copper tubing. Ferrule is a adaptation of two Latin words meaning a small iron bracelet. . . 😉

Its been awhile ago when I was watching one
of these gear head shows and this individual
was explaining what the correct name was
but I cant remember. All the supply catalogs
list them as sleeves so what ever he said it
is nobody calls them by that name. I thought
someone here might know. That was the
only reason I mentioned it.

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.

[amuller]

An auto parts store will likely also have the 1/4 inch compression fittings and tubing. Copper tubing comes in several different wall thicknesses, as in K, L, ACR, or "utility." You can use flare fittings rather than compression type if you have a flaring tool. Flare connections, IMO, tend to be somewhat more reliable.

[mike-stroz]

What I meant by not having any tools was that I thought it took special tools to put those (ferrules?) on the ends. I’ll look around for some copper line and parts to replace it soon, but for now, I managed to get the kink out well enough for decent flow. I actually contacted Doug Penn, but he said he didn’t have any Elto’s like this in stock.

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