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please, for pete's sake can someone please give me a straight answer??? 700

posted by  Bill Bretherton on  Wed Jan 22 01:24 CST 2003
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Look, if you're used to tightening nuts and bolts generally, you just KNOW when it's right. HOWEVER, what you're aiming to do with fuel connections is rather like brake hoses ie get them to seal - so, as soon as they start to "bite" just give it a little bit more and you're done, like, I don't know, maybe a quarter turn more. That's the best answer you'll get from anyone because, as other replies indicate, there isn't an exact figure - it's not a torque thing.
BTW, the hardest part of the job, as Invar suggests, is the REMOVAL of pump and filter. I use two spanners (wrenches) on each hexagon, about 30 degrees apart, and SQEEEEEEEZE them together. That way you shouldn't damage anything. (I once twisted a fuel pipe on my now sold 245 but learned from that mistake, as you do..........). Regards.
BillB.
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