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To: ROCKLOBSTER
I can sell you a carb-kit for a 57 Studebaker, I guarantee you it is made with ethanol-proof parts.

Carb rebuild kits aren't usually a problem, those can be found with ethanol-resistant parts. Same thing with soft fuel lines - just use the Gates "green stripe" hose and it'll last. The bigger problem now is mechanical fuel pumps. Might have to switch to an inline electric pump to prevent ethanol-related problems.

101 posted on 05/25/2016 10:46:09 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Charles Martel

“Might have to switch to an inline electric pump to prevent ethanol-related problems.”

You have to go in the tank in order to keep the pump cool enough to not vapor lock. Heat and or altitude will exacerbate it.


105 posted on 05/25/2016 11:21:13 AM PDT by Clay Moore (JRandomFreeper RIP)
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To: Charles Martel
The bigger problem now is mechanical fuel pumps. Might have to switch to an inline electric pump to prevent ethanol-related problems.

I'd take an old mechanical pump and reconfigure it as a "flow through" dummy pump...just for looks.

Get a low pressure solenoid type pump, you can hide it inside the frame rail...and there is a special oil pressure switch available from Standard Ignition, which (with or without a light) will shut off the power to the electric fuel pump should the engine stall or be shut off.

That way you can look stock, but continue running your old-timer on the gasahol.

122 posted on 05/25/2016 5:12:09 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Trump: A Bull in a RINO closet.)
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