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Re: Minder Capri caught fire

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pbar wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:45 am
Bug wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:34 pm
Or, as happened to me twice, on different Capris, with the 32/36 carb, the metal fuel inlet pipe can come out of the carb.
That is a superb heads up and info Martin. I guess the same could be true of the fuel return also? Could you clarify please, are these pipes simply a push in friction fit then?
As already confirmed, they are a push fit. I never had a return one fail though. Maybe less pressure involved? Perhaps it is the float valve closing which causes a little pulse of pressure, enough to push the pipe out? (Randomly stabbing in the dark here, just a theory.)
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Its odd that, having bought my first Capri in 1985, and owned literally dozens over the next 30 years, I learned a lot of stuff, but these days it never occurs to me that other owners don't know it all already. It takes random posts to jog my memory.
Maybe I need to start a new thread titled 'oh by the way, I just remembered'. :D
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Bug wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:04 pm Maybe I need to start a new thread titled 'oh by the way, I just remembered'. :D
Thanks for your posts Martin.

And yes, random (and not so random) anecdotes/info from experienced members like yourself are like gold dust.
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Gonna get some araldite and a fire extinguisher fitted ASAP
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Hi guy's, check out the link below for how to modify the brass pipe

http://www.scimitarweb.co.uk/sgwrs/view ... hp?t=29862

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Arya2.0S wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:52 pm Gonna get some araldite and a fire extinguisher fitted ASAP
Think a jubilee clip is more reversible than araldite is... would certainly make it easier to change the hose when ethanol (apparently) will eat it inside out
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D366Y wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:45 pm
Arya2.0S wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:52 pm Gonna get some araldite and a fire extinguisher fitted ASAP
Think a jubilee clip is more reversible than araldite is... would certainly make it easier to change the hose when ethanol (apparently) will eat it inside out
The araldite is to stick the fire extinguisher to the dashboard 🤣🤣
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D366Y wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:45 pm
Arya2.0S wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:52 pm Gonna get some araldite and a fire extinguisher fitted ASAP
Think a jubilee clip is more reversible than araldite is... would certainly make it easier to change the hose when ethanol (apparently) will eat it inside out
Where would you be fitting the jubilee clip?
Cannot just clamp the hose to the brass insert, as that won't stop it coming out.
Hence Araldite or something similar.
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QUCH!!!!!!

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D366Y wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:45 pm
Think a jubilee clip is more reversible than araldite is... would certainly make it easier to change the hose when ethanol (apparently) will eat it inside out
It isn't the hose that's in question Danny, it is the actual inlet (and possibly return) pipes on the carb itself. As they are only a push fit there is a possibility of it coming loose. Although a 'reversible' method, as you describe it, would be good in case they need to be removed at some point.
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pbar wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:09 am
D366Y wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:45 pm
Think a jubilee clip is more reversible than araldite is... would certainly make it easier to change the hose when ethanol (apparently) will eat it inside out
It isn't the hose that's in question Danny, it is the actual inlet (and possibly return) pipes on the carb itself. As they are only a push fit there is a possibility of it coming loose. Although a 'reversible' method, as you describe it, would be good in case they need to be removed at some point.
Oh I see apologies - I thought it was the hose not the inlet itself!
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D366Y wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:15 am
pbar wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:09 am
D366Y wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:45 pm
Think a jubilee clip is more reversible than araldite is... would certainly make it easier to change the hose when ethanol (apparently) will eat it inside out
It isn't the hose that's in question Danny, it is the actual inlet (and possibly return) pipes on the carb itself. As they are only a push fit there is a possibility of it coming loose. Although a 'reversible' method, as you describe it, would be good in case they need to be removed at some point.
Oh I see apologies - I thought it was the hose not the inlet itself!
And my apologies too, as my initial reply to your query, reads a little abrupt.
I basically meant the same thing, just not quite so thoughtfully. :roll:
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Bug wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:55 am

And my apologies too, as my initial reply to your query, reads a little abrupt.
I basically meant the same thing, just not quite so thoughtfully. :roll:
No worries, I know that's not your intended projection but the internet makes us all seem angry and blunt when we don't mean to :)
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D366Y wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:05 am
Bug wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:55 am

And my apologies too, as my initial reply to your query, reads a little abrupt.
I basically meant the same thing, just not quite so thoughtfully. :roll:
No worries, I know that's not your intended projection but the internet makes us all seem angry and blunt when we don't mean to :)
Yes good old text depriving us the nuance of tone and subtlety of expression.
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Major_Tom wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:55 pm
D366Y wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:05 am
Bug wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:55 am

And my apologies too, as my initial reply to your query, reads a little abrupt.
I basically meant the same thing, just not quite so thoughtfully. :roll:
No worries, I know that's not your intended projection but the internet makes us all seem angry and blunt when we don't mean to :)
Yes good old text depriving us the nuance of tone and subtlety of expression.
What's that supposed to mean?? :poke: :xd:
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Bug wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:36 pm
Major_Tom wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:55 pm
D366Y wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:05 am

No worries, I know that's not your intended projection but the internet makes us all seem angry and blunt when we don't mean to :)
Yes good old text depriving us the nuance of tone and subtlety of expression.
What's that supposed to mean?? :poke: :xd:
How dare you use that tone with me!
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Major_Tom wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:07 pm
Bug wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:36 pm
Major_Tom wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:55 pm

Yes good old text depriving us the nuance of tone and subtlety of expression.
What's that supposed to mean?? :poke: :xd:
How dare you use that tone with me!
You see, that's where it can so easily go wrong.
It wasn't a tone, it was a shade. :boxing:
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Bug wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 5:06 pm
Major_Tom wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:07 pm
Bug wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:36 pm

What's that supposed to mean?? :poke: :xd:
How dare you use that tone with me!
You see, that's where it can so easily go wrong.
It wasn't a tone, it was a shade. :boxing:
You shadist! Don't tone shame!
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So what happened ?

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