coachgeo wrote:coachgeo wrote:on my route home last night she was running pretty poorly and rolling coal.
Decided to pull fuel filter Sparky put in there. Will replace it.
Couple questions.
Fuel Filter.... Sparky or other owners later used a metal filter (pictured) with an in/out (typical) plus a third port..... used in this case for Injector overflow. The filter was oriented as pictured below. ...she is oriented correctly. My question is do you think this set up would let air bubble back up into tank this way? Assuming some sort of full time Air Bleed is needed.
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Any input on this?
Going to answer my own question so it might help someone else. Spoke with Sparky... original builder of this bike. Yes the intent is for air to bubble up. Took apart this filter out of curiosity and other reasons (more on that below) and the inlet of 3rd port on the side has nothing special inside. No snorkle to the top. Just lets fuel into the unit about 1/4" from the bottom. Fuel entering there still has to pass thru filter media before exiting the bottom of the filter and heading off IP. Air that comes thru this should bubble up and thru top port where fuel enters and make its way to the tank.
Now, why else did I cut it open..... apparently this is a generic metal fuel filter. I think it was Curtis who welded a Conduit bracket onto it so it could be bolted to an available bracket on the frame. Sooo.. Not wanting to loose this sweet little bracket Curtis made.... decided to utilize this old filter with bracket still attached as a cup to hold the new filter.
So, I cut top 1/2 off. This basically formed a little Shot Glass cup. Bracket still attached is the handle. Still had on it the fuel out port on the bottom along with the 3rd port so since it would not hold any booze anyway due to those. Then proceeded to hack it up more. Cut a 1/3rd of the side of this cup off. Left bottom of the cup intact... but not for long. This removed the 3rd port also. Now cut a slot along bottom from edge to center removing the fuel OUT port. So now I basically had a tiny shot Glass with 1/3rd of it missing and a gaping slot in its bottom. Hope was that new filter would fit into this hacked up cup so I could utilize it as its mount.
Well.... I'll be damned..... looks like it worked. The new fuel filter clips into it rather snugly and can bolt it back to same sport the other one was.
New filter... same as old one... but no bracket welded on
trimmed old one.. shows conduit bracket that Curtis welded on as well
different view
New filter snapped into modified old filter. Say snapped in... cause new one literally snaps in. Very firm hold. Sweeet... She mounted up to the bike just fine in the same location as before.
