RE: [emrat:13737] Re: Fuel Fittings

Huc

Thanks for that info.Kind of knew something like that happened,except l did not attend Gunnison at that time.The only "Sharp" adventure that l do remember was at the Steamboat rally one year when the throttle was stuck wide open on a ride,which resulted in him flying by Trip ( what,that rarely happens!!!),another story.

I will call that company next week first for more info.lf l end up needing more of those fittings,Steve Michaelson has a drawer full at his shop!

Thanks once again Huc for the feedback

              E-Steve

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From: brianhuc <huc_subscriptions@huc.ca>

Date: 9/11/22 10:32 (GMT-07:00)

To: RMRAT <rmrat@googlegroups.com>

Subject: [emrat:13737] Re: Fuel Fittings

E-Steve

You're spot on with the concern of problems associated with Peter Sharps Daytona and fuel fittings.

We were at the Rat Rally when it was in Gunnison when he and I spent hours in the rain trying to source a problem with the Daytona not running/starting. After a lot of multimeter tests on various circuits and reading Daytona shop wire diagrams on an early generation tiny iPhone screen - and swapping different relays from the local NAPA - we had to call no joy. Paula drove Peter back to his home in Fairplay (in I believe it was her Beemer at the time)  to get his trailer and get the Daytona sorted out.

I forget the details as to why the metal fittings created a problem,  but generally I recall it being an intermittent electrical problem being caused by the original plastic type fuel fittings being replaced with his fancy metal ones. It buggered up the electrical feed to the fuel pump (and it was not fun removing and emptying that Daytona fuel tank in the motel parking lot). Discussions at the time is the problem was not specifically limited to Daytonas. We found out later Dave Warfield had the same/similar issue with I vaguely recall as being with one of his Tigers (I may well be wrong in that model) after he swapped engineered plastic fuel fittings with metal. Warf will likely recall details. What a massive pain in the arse that day was!

When Peter Sharp swapped out the metal fuel fittings for stock engineered plastic the '"won't start" electrical problem disappeared nary to return. I don't recall if Peter ever found a metal replacement fitting that corrected the intermittent electrical issue(s). 

That's not to say the fittings you're looking at will cause the same issue as Peter had - just that it's bloody well worth triple checking with the vendor! Good luck and hope this helps at least affirm we all have a few functioning memory cells working :) LOL

Cheers

Huc

On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 9:15:11 AM UTC-6 sfr...@yahoo.com wrote:

All

Came across am item on the RAT (not us) facebook page on metal fuel fitting connectors,a possible re-placement for the stock items that are made out of cheese.

The company is CPC and the part number is MC1002.However,l am very hesitant on ordering these,solely due to the Right Honerable Peter Sharp having issues with something similar with his T595 Daytona.

I do intend to contact the company directly first,so

any imput,hazing or no,don't be a fool,stick with the stock ones,would be appreciated.Just tired of breaking the stock ones all the time.Thanks in advance,from a damp Hudson!!

                 E-Steve

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