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Subject:Re: Fuel Lines
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 26 Aug 1999 19:02:49 -0400

At 17:44 8/26/99 -0400, L&A Johnson wrote:
>Today, Avery (wife number 1)

Does she know about wife number 2? :->

>While we were at the job, we replaced the rubber seals on the injectors
>- the one at the tip where it fits into the head and  - the rubber ring
>against which the support bracket presses. The old rubbers seals were
>hard and brittle and the old rubber rings were swollen. The new ones,
>unfortunately, don't fit snugly. I had some difficulty making the
>injector support bracket hold the injectors firmly enough.

I think the spectacle-shaped bracket is a bit flimsy.  You need to
straighten it so that it presses the injectors down onto the seals.  It
probably bent when you were trying to unplug the (*#$&(*$# stiff connectors.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"