Re: Meanwhile, on the other Little Car project...

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Ken Ames wrote:

> The little section of hard 'hose' could be instead of a rubber one getting
> crushed in the grommet.

No, it's a discrete section of drilled nylon bar. It's white,
smaller than the black hose (which I thinkis somethig like 1/4"
ID) and the two black hoses (underhood, underdash) push onto it.

THat's the weirdest thing about it. It's a total crock. You
assemble by pushing the white nylon tube into one hose (say, under
dash, from the checkvalve), push the nylon tube through the hole
in the firewall -- no grommet! it doesn't seal at all! -- then
push the hose from the foot bulb onto it. Of couse you have to
hold it in place while you wrestle the hose on ... picture one arm
fully under the dashboard, and the other fully into the engine
compartment...  ahem.