Hi everyone,

Needed a short job yesterday evening so decided I would run the two copper fuel lines down the length of the chassis but it turned out to be really hard.

I was trying (as suggested by Colin) to run the two lines parallel with 'p' clips back to back such that one line ran just below the top edge of the chassis rail and the other just above the top edge but it proved to be a pig.

Basically the 'p' clips were too small to go all the way around the fuel lines so fitting two back to back was a problem.

Does anyone have any tips on how best to do this, is there a tool to make bending the pipes easier (silly question as I guess there must be) and am I using the wrong 'p' clips?

Any tips would be welcome.

Cheers
Liam

Car Builder Solutions do a nice brake pipe clip which looks much better than P clips imo. Can you use these?
http://www.nfauto.co.uk/download/cbs_new_products.pdf

[Edited on 7-11-07 by RazMan]

p clips come in many sizes and forms.

they can be nylon clips or steel/aluminium clips with rubber liner.

there are also open type clips into which you push the pipe and it grips it.

a locost colution would be to make your own from some aluminium strip = time consuming for the cost of proper clips.

there are pipe bending tools for bending pipes of various diameters.

a locost way wold be to make a ply/wood curved edge, attach pipe to stright edge then and press the pipe into it or use a rooller - see the way the screen surround is done in THE BOOK.

ovbiously using such a former requires a fari bit of space, more than you have in your tunnel so the bends are best done prior to fixing the pipe in the tunnel.

What size is your fuel pipe?

I'll have some in my garage you can have.

Pat...

Shop around most local tool stores have them cheaper than this one


http://www.toolsbypost.com/product.php?id=1638&category=428[img]http://locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/a642872-0000001693_mini_tube_bender[detail].jpg [/img]

Thanks for the advice, I will check the pipe diameter tonight.

Liam