fuel tubing

[Bootlegger]

 Fellow's I am looking for the part number or size of the tubing that Sullivan  Tanks has in their clunk tank plumbing, it is flexable enough for what I need to do with it.

 I went to the Sullivan site and could not find what I wanted, so maybe someone can help here..

              Thanks a lot

[Bill Little]

Hi Gil,

Here it is at Tower:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLW04&P=7#tech

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

[Bootlegger]

  Thank ya' Brother Bill...

[RknRusty]

Not only is it flexible but I think it has much better grip on the engine fuel nipple than the blue silicon junk I buy at my LHS. For that same reason I like Brodak's reddish colored line. It'll stay on my Fox Stunt 35 where the blue stuff falls off. I've had to step down to larger 1/2A tube after the filter to connect to the Fox so it stays on. Maybe it's just my nipple that has an inadequate barb, I don't know for sure because I only own one Fox for my Yak-9.
Rusty.

[Brett Buck]

Not only is it flexible but I think it has much better grip on the engine fuel nipple than the blue silicon junk I buy at my LHS. For that same reason I like Brodak's reddish colored line. It'll stay on my Fox Stunt 35 where the blue stuff falls off. I've had to step down to larger 1/2A tube after the filter to connect to the Fox so it stays on. Maybe it's just my nipple that has an inadequate barb, I don't know for sure because I only own one Fox for my Yak-9.
Rusty.

If the spraybar is clean and dry, and the line is clean and dry, the silicone (just about any kind) will tend to stick very strongly to the brass or black-oxide steel spraybar. Once you stick it on there, you want leave it to the extent possible. If you take it on and off and get it all greasy, then yes, it will tend to come off easily. Same with any of them.

    I usually use either the tiniest of tiny ty-wraps, a double wrap of copper wire with the end twisted together, or the little spring clips that you can get for the purpose (if they fit in the cowl).

     Brett

[Dan McEntee]

   Another shade tree trick to help keep fuel line on a needle valve is to cut a small length of the same tubing, about 3/16" long. Take your pointiest needle nose pliers (you have at least 6 or 8 pair of different shapes and sizes, don't you? ) and push the little piece over the end of the pliers. Then open the pliers to expand the piece a bit.  Then push this piece over the end of your fuel line, and quickly push it on the nipple of the spray bar. The doubled up tubing will compress nicely around the fitting. Works well on muffler pressure fittings also.
  I always used the pink fuel line Prather Products put out. It gripped well, and best of all, lasted a long time. It's not available any more, but I have a small stash! The blue stuff Dubro markets is the most unpredictable stuff I have seen. It pin holes and splits unexpectedly even when it's brand new sometimes. But the candy colored stuff the market to the car guys I find is pretty good, and the neon yellow stuff is as close to the Prather pink stuff as I have seen. I used it on some profile models just to test it and I like it.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee