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I bought one of these and cannot find a factory photo of one. Supposedly the reason you don't see them on any cars (mine never had one) is because they were removed by lazy mechanics who didn't replace them because they thought they were unnecessary. I drove 300K miles without ever getting vapor lock (I once pushed a late model ---at the time--Cadillac that had vapor lock up Santa Cruz mountain hwy to get it started...we didn't have a cold grapefruit handy).. Went I tried to install the shield last night, there's no accommodation for air tube attaching to the manifold. I'm wondering if anyone has an original of one of these and how the tube is routed as original equipment. Or if anyone bought one of these and installed it, how did you route the tube. As some know, making flared tube is one of my favorite things to do.

Joe

Photo explanation. The upper right white tag is supposed to attach to the right hand bolt of the manifold, but the copper tube fron the fuel pump to the manifold, routed as it is in factory photos blocks it.

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Joe, I have forgotten, do you have a 356 engine in the car? Somewhere I thought you mentioned you had a 282 replacement. The fuel pump heat shields for the 356s are different than the 282s. I believe the heat shield you have is for a 356. The Super 8s ('40 - '47) used electric windshield wipers and a single fuel pump. It may have been only the senior Clippers (42-'47) that had this, I'll need to check. Anyway, this could be your problem.

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On my 50 (from a 53 motor) It connects to a bolt on the upper right where you have it, but the left end that's going down to the exhaust pipe connected to an arm that was connected to one fuel pump bolt (left one) and hung out with a screw to connect it to the head shield that's hanging in mid air waiting to catch it.

The one picture I see of a similar arrangement is out of 48-54 manual. Shows the tube going in front of shield. Don't know if that's the same engine or applicable to year you have.

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Good information from cortcomp. I'll follow-up with a description of mine. The heat shield on my '47 Custom Clipper with the 356 engine (and single fuel pump) has a slotted tab that attaches to the front manifold bolt and another slotted tab that attaches to one of the exhaust manifold-exhaust pipe flange bolts. I hope this helps.

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No, but thanks, JW. Mine is a 356 (47-48 version). My car originally had vacuum wipers, but they don't work very well with a single pump. I have an electric wiper motor and apparatus, but with the double action, I think I'll stick with the vacuum wipers.

Lan'sakes, there are a lot of ways to skin a cat! The shield I have (according to instructions) bolts to that forward manifold fastener and the rear part bolts to the second valve-cover bolt. I think the picture is very applicable.

All I can say is my '41 356 (electric wipers-single pump) has the shield as HH56 shows. Top bracket mounts to the front exhaust manifold stud, & lower bracket goes to rear fuel pump bolt.

Fantastic, Bill. Same as Howard's. That's where it's going. One way or another. Thank goodness John Ulrich has a No Hassle Guarantee.

The passion for thorough research is not everyone's forte. My workaround was to drill a 1/2" hole for the venturi tube. The shield is not made to attach at the fuel pump mounting bolt, but at the valve cover. Anyway, I'm calling it good. Thanks much for the direction.

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