Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by TxGoat On 2023/5/16 22:09:11

"The pressurized fuel line to the carb is uncovered..."

I believe that the line from the pump to the carburetor was covered with a sleeve of woven material, at least on the pre-war cars. That would serve to prevent some radiant heat from the exhaust manifold from reaching the line. My car has a covering on the steel line from the fuel pump to the carburetor, but the presence of the Carter glass bowl/ceramic filter at the carburetor inlet probably defeats the line insulation. After stopping my car, I can see the gasoline in the glass bowl bubbling. A leaky float needle would make this worse by reason of releasing pressure on the line as it flooded the engine. I need to get a fuel pump heat shield and maybe put a sheet metal heat shiled between the fuel filter and the engine.