My 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280 sedan is leaking fuel. So I’m going to try to fix it, and I go for a swim in fuel along the way.
Two t-shirts gave their lives during the making of this episode of Quick Shift.
Quick Shift 2: Fixing the fuel lines on the Benz
By Jeff Glucker
May 16, 2017
By Jeff Glucker
Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. Heβs often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff
Kamil Kaluski
Well, you won’t have any trouble disposing of the t-shirts by burning them. π
Even simpler, just keep using them as shop rags and eventually they may catch fire by themselves.
Health tip: nitrile gloves have excellent gasoline resistance.
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“…see if it’ll hold pressure while the engine’s running…”
I’d check this too, purely out of pervasive paranoia, but for a carbureted car such as this one with its external pump it shouldn’t make any difference at the tank end of things whether it’s running or not.