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lunchkrispy
03-17-2010, 10:41 PM
What's that diaphragm looking thing on top of the banjo bolt that holds the fuel line to the fuel rail? The reason I ask is because I pulled the plastic cover off of it today and found the screw with an o-ring on it just sitting in there. I put the screw back in and tightened it down but now I'm wondering if it's supposed to be loose and provide some kind of adjustment?
assassin10000
03-17-2010, 10:44 PM
Fuel Damper.

If the screw backed out, get another one.

Andrew
lunchkrispy
03-17-2010, 10:54 PM
A new damper or screw? The screw was trapped under the plastic cover so I still have it.
turbogoo1
03-17-2010, 10:55 PM
I.E. it will drop fuel down on your starter, and catch fire....ask me how I know.


Fyi...you can also put said fire out with a 16 oz frappacino.....:zzzzz:
Josh=MK1
03-18-2010, 12:28 AM
I.E. it will drop fuel down on your starter, and catch fire....ask me how I know.


Fyi...you can also put said fire out with a 16 oz frappacino.....:zzzzz:

Frappacino? Now really, this was the the wifes drink right! :eekfacepalm: Sorry I couldn't resist. te he he
Marblehead
03-18-2010, 12:47 AM
Rock Auto is your friend if you can't find a used in a yard or on this forum. I've purchased the regulator, but not the dampener. Still a good product at decent price, relatively speaking.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php?parttype=8900&a=RSSW1278435&carcode=1278435

Rocky Raccoon.
Scott
ma67 lover
03-18-2010, 01:15 AM
funny thing is i was just going to put my new walbro in today and i just noticed that! but the walbro doesnt have the fitting for that it has a fitting like the inlet to the stock fuel pump on my 82. would it be alright to just cut the line and put a hose clamp on it?
83CelWA
03-18-2010, 02:21 AM
A new damper or screw? The screw was trapped under the plastic cover so I still have it.


Just get rid of it and replace it with a banjo bolt, it has been discussed before, and I even did a write-up.


funny thing is i was just going to put my new walbro in today and i just noticed that! but the walbro doesnt have the fitting for that it has a fitting like the inlet to the stock fuel pump on my 82. would it be alright to just cut the line and put a hose clamp on it?

It will probably not last long since there is quite a bit of pressure in the line.
lunchkrispy
03-18-2010, 03:46 AM
Just get rid of it and replace it with a banjo bolt, it has been discussed before, and I even did a write-up.

Good to know. I only noticed it was messed up because I was checking to see if I could throw in a double banjo bolt instead to have an easy spot for hooking up a pressure gauge. Anybody know the size and thread pitch off hand?

-Side note is that I just tightened the screw back down and drove around this afternoon with no problems.
83CelWA
03-18-2010, 12:12 PM
Good to know. I only noticed it was messed up because I was checking to see if I could throw in a double banjo bolt instead to have an easy spot for hooking up a pressure gauge. Anybody know the size and thread pitch off hand?



IIRC, it is an 14X1.25, but don't quote me on that.
4SFED
03-18-2010, 01:16 PM
IIRC, it is an 14X1.25, but don't quote me on that.
I couldn't resist. Didn't you recently have a write up on this? and where to get banjo bolts that will work here?
83CelWA
03-18-2010, 03:20 PM
I couldn't resist. Didn't you recently have a write up on this? and where to get banjo bolts that will work here?


Just get rid of it and replace it with a banjo bolt, it has been discussed before, and I even did a write-up.


Yep, even said so in this thread.:laugh:
ma67 lover
03-18-2010, 06:54 PM
yeah sorry to ask but what do most people do when they get walbro's to fix this problem?? do they sell like a different soft line to it so it is bolt up and what not? worst comes to worst im just going to cut and clamp but i hate being ghetto :/
whitesupra
03-18-2010, 07:28 PM
what symptoms would you experience if the fuel regulator was starting to fail or is it
a go-no go type thing? mine is original to car.....380,000 miles.
lunchkrispy
03-19-2010, 02:10 AM
IIRC, it is an 14X1.25, but don't quote me on that.

Turns out it's 14X1.5 and it's a lot harder to find a double banjo in that size than I thought. I was too lazy today to go to the junk yard so I ended up paying $20 for a new bolt because all my local guys had was a fancy pants aluminum one. Plan B is now to get a double banjo that fits the cold start injector line. Probably get a chance to pull that and check the size in the next few days.