Quick Shift 2: Fixing the fuel lines on the Benz

Jeff Glucker

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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.

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Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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4 responses to “Quick Shift 2: Fixing the fuel lines on the Benz”

  1. jeepjeff Avatar
    jeepjeff

    Well, you won’t have any trouble disposing of the t-shirts by burning them. 😛

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    1. mdharrell Avatar
      mdharrell

      Even simpler, just keep using them as shop rags and eventually they may catch fire by themselves.

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  2. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    Health tip: nitrile gloves have excellent gasoline resistance.
    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51xI7S2FsPL._AC_US218_.jpg

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  3. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    “…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.

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