Advice GIVEN for a change

[Pine]

How to prevent your brass fuel pipe from pulling out of the carb, and set your VW alight:

If you have a carb, safety wiring the pressed in brass line going in there.

[SUZIE]

Thanks Pine, i will do it with mine

[Surge]

Yeah, standard practice on the critical lines in my "retired" bug (oil + fuel lines).
Nothing like decent hydraulic screw fittings though.

I once had the barbed fuel pipe in the carb come out of the carb (intact with the fuel line still clamped to it) while I was driving and I drove it till it started chugging (one float chamber full). Fuel all over the engine and it must have pumped a few liters because the fuel gauge dropped drastically in the process. Good thing there were no sparks ...

[IMPI]

if the pipe is loose just tin the end with solder lightly and hammer it in This fix works very well and does not come loose
Armand

[ZeroAxe]

IMPI, I would kiss you if you werent a geezer! I *need* to do this to one of my Fasty's carbs....