Fuel/brake Pipes

[Guest ross]

can anyone please tell me the max distance in which the fuel and brake pipes need to be secured.

thanks ross

[Guest Battery Bill]

Ross

There is nothing in the SVA bible about the fuel pipes, Electrics yes 300mm, but fuel No.

Probably the same would suffice

bill and Joey

[Guest ross]

thanks alot didn't want to find myself ripping everything apart again just to add a few more clips

ross

[Guest bugsy]

What is the overall opinion on the best type of clips to use for the electrics, ie loom and bits, do the self adhesive clips work ok or do they drop off when they get warm?

Cheers

Bugsy

[Mitch]

Hi Bugsy

Plastic P clips are best, they are available from the shows, or mine came from a electrical shop in Blackburn.You cant use stick on ones, they will fail the test.

Will we see you at Blackpool tommorow, should be at least 6 hoods.

Princess Parade on front near Talbot Rd

Come and say hello to the Nw lot

Mitch

[Guest paul mercer]

can anyone else confirm that stick on connectors fail sva? Guess what i've used all along the insid eof the bonnet for the wires?!!!

[Guest Mr Pid]

Yeh, me to!

 

Stu

[Guest paul thompson]

So Did I but I put them not on the side of the bonnet but in the "groove" of the return on the edge. You can get metal edge clips that will clip onto the free edge of the bonnet and run the wires in these.

[Jon Bradbury]

Teh plastic clips can be bought mail order from Maplin and they cost £1.50 - ish +vat for 100 or so - bargain.

 

I used them for the wiring, brake and fuel lines; they're ace.

[Guest Cantbearsed]

You can get stainless fuel pipe P clips with rubber sleeving already fitted. They accept standard 6-8mm fuel pipe and can be fixed using rivets, screws or nuts and bolts. Fuel lines are secured every 6 inches on straight runs, theory being bends to or from one plane to another add strength to the overall structure of pipe and are,as such,self supporting. I did LPG conversions for a while and followed the rule book VERY closely !