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Crude Fix

rusty6

rusty6

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Its pretty crude looking but seems to be working. This short piece of by pass line from the injectors back to the fuel tank on the Massey Super 90 sprung a leak back in spring and I patched it up in a hurry with solder. I did not get a good coverage and it still leaked a little so I removed it recently for a second try. This time I cut a piece of scrap brake or fuel line to wrap around the original line and then solder. Like a patch. So far it seems to be holding.
Yes, a new piece of steel line would have been the best fix but it is a long way to the diesel repair shop.
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Seen/done stuff just as bad, long as it works.....

One of our family mottos : It may not be pretty, but it's functional

Fred
 
That's just basically steel brake line, anyway.

It could be replaced short piece of 1/4" or 5/16" line and two matching brass ferrules, and NO solder
 
I have an 80 Oliver that has a gas line that must have rubbed through. The guy took wire about the size of mechanics wire and wrapped it around the line about a dozen times, twisted the ends together and then soldered over the whole thing. When I restored the tractor, I left it like that. A few people have noticed it and commented on it.
 
Just finished a similar repair on diesel return line on wife's MF 180. Line rubbed through where it bent around edge of fuel tank. Removed, soldered leak, slid a piece of rubber fuel line over patch and clamped it at each end. If soldering fails, hose should hold. Reattaching nuts on ends of line were a trial. Especially one which connects to top of tank-front. Didn't want to take hood off! Have a rubber gasket inside nut to seal ends of steel line. Would have just replaced, but parts store didn't have right size.
 
(quoted from post at 14:14:12 07/05/16) Can't be too crude, there's no baling wire involved.
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I have a car from the 50's that resembles that remark.
Someone went through great lengths to clean up and wrap what I assume was clean bailing wire around a fuel line prior to soldering the whole works together.
Not pretty but in the 30+ years I have owned it has not leaked a drop.
If I ever do a restoration on it and put it on the road I will replace it and save it for a conversation piece.

Might have to put it by my bar rake that 4 years ago the cogs piled up and broke a drum.
Being out in the field all I had handy was a small pair of pliers and some bailing wire, I stuck the plier handle into the hole where the chunk of drum blew off and wired it to the rim hoping to finish off the field.
Still there and still working I think it is scared I will pull out my back-up rake if it quits.
 
(quoted from post at 12:41:19 07/05/16) What about the epoxy and duct tape????????? Lol!

That's a first class farmer repair job!
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Actually JBweld was my preference but I did not want to wait 24 hours for it to set. Those old Masseys are not the easiest to work on with the fuel tank blocking access to the top of the engine.
 
If it works great,(something I would do) the best long term fix is silver solder, not cheap but it holds good on lines.
 
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