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Old 07-17-2013 | 10:07 PM
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What kind of line did you run?
Have a mechanical gauge and debating (the safety issue)about running a line to the dash (its a carb motor).
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Old 07-17-2013 | 10:14 PM
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if you have to run a mechanical gauge you need an isolator. do not run a raw fuel line to the dash, personally I would not run one for any reason. Electronics and sensors have come a long way in the last ten years.
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Old 07-17-2013 | 10:37 PM
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yes run isolator ( which is basically a diaphragm , and you fill line to gage with mineral oil ) so whole line is full of fluid however no gasoline to dash for obvious reasons
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Old 07-18-2013 | 05:37 AM
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Mine is plumbed that way from the factory. It has very thick black rubber hose. May want to go electric though.
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Old 07-18-2013 | 05:53 AM
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Well, I can see why DCB would use mechanicals...my gaffrig sender has been replaced twice and the newest one is flakey at best. I can also see that being a terrible idea, in fact, I have never seen that before.
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When I first started looking for a cafe there was this pretty nice one with no cabin as a result of fire which I believe was a result of a mech fuel gauge.

I then heard it burned AGAIN a couple years later, though I have no idea if it was the same cause
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Old 07-18-2013 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SkiDoc
Mine is plumbed that way from the factory. It has very thick black rubber hose. May want to go electric though.
I would bet that you have an isolator...seeing that it is a DCB.
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Old 07-18-2013 | 10:50 AM
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My F32 has mechanical high pressure gauges, braided steel to the gauges.
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Old 07-18-2013 | 11:22 AM
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Hard to believe it would not have an isolator being a high pressure line in the passenger compartment!
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Old 07-18-2013 | 01:58 PM
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my 1984 10 meter Fountain had a copper line from the carb to the gauge in the dash. I removed it before I ever ran it.

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