I had taken off the cover of my Craftsman chainsaw and had trouble
putting it back on. When I removed the cover, bits of fuel line
were loose or fell out. Seems I pinched it somehow.
My questions for you:
- Where should the fuel lines go?
- Will any ol' tube work or do I have to special order it?
(I suspect it needs to be a snug fit and that I might have
to lightly round the end to get it into the hole in the
fuel tank, or something like that)
- I'm curious to know, if anyone has the time for this
extra-credit item: how do these separate fuel line
pieces "work" in supplying the engine with gas "at all
angles?"
I have taken pictures so that I can describe to you what I saw
before the bits fell out.
View 1 http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motorview1.jpg
At the left is the almost-intact main line from the tank
to somewhere on top of the chainsaw.
The curved fragment had its left end in a hole atop the
black tank. Its right end headed toward the electrical
connector. I didn't think about that until after the
curved fragment fell out.
The straight fragment was laying along the right, between
the electrical connector and below the rear screw hole.
(It seemed wedge in, so I'm concluding that that was its
original location. I can't see any holes into which that
tube would fit, so I'm concluding one end of the tube
was open.)
I'm *guessing* that the two fragments were once a single
tube which was squished between the electrical connector
and the black tank...and broke at that location due to
age and my pushing on that tube when remounting the cover.
Drawing http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motordrawing1.jpg
This illustrates my *guess* at where tube 2 was and
shoudl go. But I have no idea why the tube would be
routed under the electrical connector (since that would
squish it) nor why tube 2 would have a long taper cut
at end 2B.
Additional views:
View 2 http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motorview2.jpg
View 3 http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motorview3.jpg
Thanks, John
putting it back on. When I removed the cover, bits of fuel line
were loose or fell out. Seems I pinched it somehow.
My questions for you:
- Where should the fuel lines go?
- Will any ol' tube work or do I have to special order it?
(I suspect it needs to be a snug fit and that I might have
to lightly round the end to get it into the hole in the
fuel tank, or something like that)
- I'm curious to know, if anyone has the time for this
extra-credit item: how do these separate fuel line
pieces "work" in supplying the engine with gas "at all
angles?"
I have taken pictures so that I can describe to you what I saw
before the bits fell out.
View 1 http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motorview1.jpg
At the left is the almost-intact main line from the tank
to somewhere on top of the chainsaw.
The curved fragment had its left end in a hole atop the
black tank. Its right end headed toward the electrical
connector. I didn't think about that until after the
curved fragment fell out.
The straight fragment was laying along the right, between
the electrical connector and below the rear screw hole.
(It seemed wedge in, so I'm concluding that that was its
original location. I can't see any holes into which that
tube would fit, so I'm concluding one end of the tube
was open.)
I'm *guessing* that the two fragments were once a single
tube which was squished between the electrical connector
and the black tank...and broke at that location due to
age and my pushing on that tube when remounting the cover.
Drawing http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motordrawing1.jpg
This illustrates my *guess* at where tube 2 was and
shoudl go. But I have no idea why the tube would be
routed under the electrical connector (since that would
squish it) nor why tube 2 would have a long taper cut
at end 2B.
Additional views:
View 2 http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motorview2.jpg
View 3 http://www.phoons.com/john/download/motorview3.jpg
Thanks, John