Here be a cautionary tale to one and all. We all know the importance of re newing fuel lines regulary as the consequences of a rupture may very well be disasterous A few weeks ago whilst checking how many CV boots needed changing for the MOT, I gave the fuel lines an eyeball and decided that they needed to be replaced, espeacialy the tank to pump line; this was deffinately an older vintage Had nt done them in the 4 years I ve had the van, they'd always looked servicable. More fool me! A few days later walkin up the path past the van I could smell petrol, and then a pool of the stuff emerged. Oh My Giddy Aunt! You get my meaning. A quick look and the tank line had popped. Into to the tool bag for the pipe clamp. Firstly I ll give you heads up this pipe is a pain to get a clamp on. Secondly this pipe had more holes in it than my daddies condom! So now there's petrol running out onto the street and I m drenched hed to toe in Esso juice and me nextdoor neighbour comes out of the house with a ciggie on the go.... AAAARRRRGGHHH A frank and rapid converstion ensued. It had all got out of hand,I needed help... 999 The boys arrived and helped with the mop up. By the time they'd got there I had a hose running on the spillage with loads of Fairy, some buckets under the van, and a quarter of a ton of sand that I very luckily had hanging about on the lot. Turns out that's the right thing to do. The lads gave the street a good hose down. Thank you so much guys, there's a donation to the secret firemans ball on the way All I had to do now was wait for a nigh on full tank to drain and get safely stashed. I was fortunate to have a couple of blue barrels with sealable lids. The fire brigade said they were adequate. I thank The Big G In The Sky that nothing to untoward came about. If I d been drving it, itd been Boom Ago Go! For crying out loud folks keep those fuel lines tip top!!!!!!!! More came about because of this but that's for later...
