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| | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,907 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,907 | I bent some 5/16" metal tubing to go from the fuel pump to carb. It looks really good. But when I bent tubing going from the exhaust manifold to the dual stage fuel pump, trying to make it parallel the other, it looked like heck.
How can you bend two pieces of 5/16" tubing together to make them match? If I use the bender's adjacent 1/4" or 3/8" grooves, the tubing gets flat.
Should I buy another bender and open the 1/4" grooves with a 5/16" chainsaw file? (Stevejumpr wouldn't like me doing that to his bender!)
Or can I use 1/4" for the vacuum tubing going to the outlet of my dual stage fuel pump? That would be the easiest solution.
Thanks!!
1948 3/4-Ton 5-Window Flatbed Chevrolet 34 Years. Now with a '61 261, 848 head, Rochester Monojet carb, SM420 4-speed, 4.10 rear, dual reservoir MC, Bendix up front, 235/85R16 tires, 12-volt w/alternator, electric wipers and a modern radio in the glove box.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 122 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 122 | Wally, Don't you mess with my bender!!  But, I think you could go with 1/4" tubing for the vac lines. I think my vac line is even smaller than that and they work great. Good luck.
Steve
55 1st Series 3/4 ton
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33 | Just make you a tool of two pices of wood.
Use one round pice and one flat, and just cut two growes in them. | | |
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