new carpet again and again"gas leak"

[124JOE]

well i woke up this morning to finish up the drivers side padding and carpet
i had tar bleeding thru because no pad
i had just a little carpet left from last falls install
but this is why i had a black heal

so i pulled it out and had to scrape


the pad is fiber touch for a house.i found it in a dumpster at a renavation down the street.
i cut the pad fitted it pulled it to trim
and made a copy of carpet

layed it in nice and buttoned it up

it looked real good BUT the corn rows were WRONG
i said "oh well i can live with it"
BUT then i drove it across town "after a charge"
and when i got to the store it was driping fuel
oh no i just did padding,so we whent into the store and i bought 80 inches of steel line coated and drove it home.
and sure enuff gas soaked brand new

so out with it again
ill need to do this again

[124JOE]

the plan
now that the return line is not needed plug it before the cabin
and replace the main feed

now that i think about it i probably had a small leak for awhille
but i have it all under controll,exept the rain cloud that made me come tell all

[RRoller123]

Good luck Joe. It seems like there is always something going on with these old cars that we love!

[4uall]

my heart goes out to you. Had my own battle with leaking gas lines recently

http://forum.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtop ... =9&t=17531

[124JOE]

thanks guys
ya i was reading it
in the back of my head i kept thinking
mines good no need to worry
they do look good BUT 34 yrs old...

carpets cheap and i have plenty of pad witch i used as a gasket for the shifter

[DocGraphics]

I had a gas leak there too & yes it was the brand new carpet that helped me find it too.

[124JOE]

might as well
while im in there replace the rubber hoses
and doubble check the short steel line back there

[dmwhiteoak]

Man Joe, them are some good looking seats.

[124JOE]

thanks
98 chevy suburbn there was a gm plant in town and thay had a seat covering co
that slashed pannels when trashing
i found the leather in the dumpster,wish i still had a few pieces"
that 98 had a half bench seat that was used for my back seat

the sides are vinal,the tops are leather
cost $600 at the apolster

[124JOE]

my fuel line looked good"and it WAS
the return line i assumed was just as good
BUT there was on spot three inches

so i replaced the main line and caped off the return under the car

inspection of the remaining lines looked good
i dont want to wiggle them much

and recut some pad and use the smelly new carpet
i didnt have enuff
but again all is well

[Fiat88]

I agree gotta love old cars! Eventually you should replace the fuel lines. Not too bad of a job.

[124JOE]

total repair cost $15
only because i reused the carpet
and when i bought that it was $20 for the whole car