Hi ! Not a direct atomic 4 questions but hoping someone has advice - I have a 1971 C&C 35 Mk1 with a replaced atomic 4 engine, lying Etobicoke, (near Toronto). The gas fill hose disintegrated so I am replacing (with much swearing). The most challenging part is to find a replacement for the elbow that makes the 90 degree turn from the fill hose into the tank. The existing piece is a fuel stable soft rubber like material, (5"long, 1.5 "ID) with MFHL 150 stamped on the outside, and a just barely visible EWCO written on the inside. [ see photo] It could be the original piece that C+C put in way back.
The hard plastic replacement that the boat store won't work. The challenge is that there is very little clearance between the top of the fill tube on the tank and the underside of the cockpit - I need something flexible that I can squish over the tube coming in from the side and then down onto it, as this flexible piece did. But I have not been able to track down a direct replacement. I've done a bit of searching online but I have not found the exact piece, nor have any idea if I could ever track something like this down from an automotive supplier.
If anyone has experience with this, or tips on finding a replacement, I'd appreciate your thoughts. Need to get this sorted before launch!
Thanks
Tracy Ross
oomla@yahoo.ca
The hard plastic replacement that the boat store won't work. The challenge is that there is very little clearance between the top of the fill tube on the tank and the underside of the cockpit - I need something flexible that I can squish over the tube coming in from the side and then down onto it, as this flexible piece did. But I have not been able to track down a direct replacement. I've done a bit of searching online but I have not found the exact piece, nor have any idea if I could ever track something like this down from an automotive supplier.
If anyone has experience with this, or tips on finding a replacement, I'd appreciate your thoughts. Need to get this sorted before launch!
Thanks
Tracy Ross
oomla@yahoo.ca
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