Equipment we are dealing with here is a MF 135 circa 1966(American) with the Perkins 3 cylinder (diesel burner). The long and short of it is I need to refab/rework what amounts to most if not all of the hard diesel lines from the tank to the pump/filter bowl/injector pump. I'm fairly certain I am not the first person to have to reinvent the wheel as far as the fuel/fuel delivery system is concerned, will attach pics to illustrate and can provide more for more context.
As far as a first question goes what material do you guys recommend to use when making new lines? I would think stainless steel? The lines seem to run the gamut between being sized as small as 3/16 to as big as 5/16ths and being flared and unflared. So what is actually correct?
Second question would be about the rubber grommets themselves can someone recommend or link the type you would use if you were doing this.
One last thing I can think to bring up is that for whatever reason the system as it is does not have a fuel filter, it only seems to have a sediment bowl and that's it. Would you recommend reinstalling a fuel filter set up and if so where would it actually go?
Sorry if I seem a little clueless and it might seem like I'm asking a lot as far as hand holding goes here, but I promise I am actually mechanically inclined. I just don't have any reference here as far as what is right and wrong. Thanks in advance for any help.
-Ronnie
As far as a first question goes what material do you guys recommend to use when making new lines? I would think stainless steel? The lines seem to run the gamut between being sized as small as 3/16 to as big as 5/16ths and being flared and unflared. So what is actually correct?
Second question would be about the rubber grommets themselves can someone recommend or link the type you would use if you were doing this.
One last thing I can think to bring up is that for whatever reason the system as it is does not have a fuel filter, it only seems to have a sediment bowl and that's it. Would you recommend reinstalling a fuel filter set up and if so where would it actually go?
Sorry if I seem a little clueless and it might seem like I'm asking a lot as far as hand holding goes here, but I promise I am actually mechanically inclined. I just don't have any reference here as far as what is right and wrong. Thanks in advance for any help.
-Ronnie