Saving Old Seagulls

If you wish to make your own fuel pipes this is what you need:

For a SD or early post war engine with eith a copper or nickel plated 1/4 tube you need 2 different end nipples and 2 different nuts, plus some 1/4 copper pipe which is widely available. After that you need a pipe bending tool of some sort. Small hand ones are available widely.

Amal float bowl 1/4 BSP,
fuel tap 7/16 x 19. This is often called a gas thread.

https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/produ ... ipe-nipple

https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/produ ... itting-nut

http://www.scottparts.co.uk/index.php?o ... Itemid=493

http://www.scottparts.co.uk/index.php?o ... Itemid=493

Can you not just use the fitting off the 102 plastic pipe and just add in the copper pipe?

Not if you want to do it correctly.

The plastic pipe fitting is exactly that, a plastic pipe fitting, not sure if a copper pipe will go over the end, but how do you solder it properly?

The copper pipes originally were made with soldered on ferrules, so to me that's the way to make a replacement, the result is a pipe that is pretty much identical to the original.

The fittings are not the problem in making a new fuel line and yes, the plastic pipe fittings are all brass.
Like H-A's picture of a new old stock fuel pipe, which is helpful, the actual shape of the copper pipe without a sample at hand is pretty much impossible.

Excellent info Oyster. I've bookmarked this thread

Oyster 49 wrote:If you wish to make your own fuel pipes this is what you need: For a SD or early post war engine with either a copper or nickel plated 1/4 tube you need 2 different end nipples and 2 different nuts

I assumed both nipples were the same??

ps Happy Birthday

Yes different size threads at each end if the pipe.

Thanks for the birthday wishes, very kind of you.

Best wishes...... (wishing I was 51 Ha Ha)

AJ

Indeed, but the ferrules are the same. I better pull one apart and have a look.

51, i have ties older then that. All the best mate.

The box I have with 2 labels from a printed roll marked,

4-44
ET/XC/M66/1309
PIPES PETROL COPPER
C/W TWO UNIONS
PPQ3 . PACKED 1957
REPRESERVED AUG 1967


Contains 2 new fuel pipes exactly as Oyster describes them with different sized nuts & ferrules, though an identical shape & components, look different with different radius bends, 1 weights 69 grams the other 59 grams, when I bought the box it contained 4 pipes.

Great! Glad I sought more info so I need this one for 7/16 gas thread : http://www.scottparts.co.uk/index.php?o ... Itemid=493

That comes to 10 quid 86 excluding pipe and postage. Anyone want to sell a couple of spare ones

7/16 nut part number CP0045a
Ferrule to match CP0045b

Just for my future record.

UPDATE: Scott parts have now closed, the 7/16 x 19 spigots and nuts in brass can be bought here:
https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/produ ... and-nipple