Mark, I've got the same model year GTV and I don't remember an aluminum fitting on the return fuel line just before the tank. If I remember correctly, there are two metal tubes as the fuel lines go over the axle; used by both the forward and return lines.
And I replace the engine compartment fuel filter just like you do, from above. Drop the heavy canister down into my hand and then wiggle it up to me through all the hoses. To remove the entire assembly would mean to undo all those hoses and the two bolts that hold it to the body. I tried that once, and it was even more a PITA than the method I use now. Did you replace the green vacuum line that goes from the engine back to the gas tank? Bruce '73 GTV > Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:15:11 -0400 > From: "Woodland, Mark" <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Fuel return line question > > I just brought the '73 GTV out of hibernation last night.. replaced the > composite fuel line (fuel hose, copper tubing, fuel hose, rusty (leaking) > oem > steel, and petrified oem hose). Put in fresh steel and fresh hose, fresh > gas, > and fresh fuel filter. > > Am I missing something, or is there a way to actually remove the fuel > filter > canister from the engine compartment without major disassembly? I didn't > have > access from below at the time, so I cleaned it out where it was, replaced > the > filter /spring, and o-ring, and reassembled. PITA. > > But that's not what got me on this rant. > I fired it up only to find another leak.. on the return line, right before > it > goes back into the tank. There is a 2" X 1/2" aluminum "fitting", looks > like a > small filter, or check valve, and the petrified hose had cracked at the > inlet. > I pulled it out of the circuit for a look, and I can see right through it, > neither filter or check valve. Any ideas what it could be? > > I replaced it with a short piece of steel tubing, as the flare on the > mystery > fitting was splitting the petrified hose, and I didn't have enough time or > materials to do the return system, but I am curious. > Thanks, > Mark -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
