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I don't think there's enough clearance for the fitting and also i imagine the flair on the hole through the backplate will cause trouble. ive been running on a single pipe sender for some time, but i'm trying to reinstate the twin pipe arrangement as fuel vapourisation may be an issue. i have two brand new senders from M*t*m*bil which dont work correctly (they bothe read over 200 OHM and should be in the range 20 to 80 OHM which results in the gauge reading zero all the time.) Currently i have the loose pipe fairly well solid, but i dont think it would take any strain pushing the pipe on it in situ, so i'm planning to bench fit a short flexible pipe to the sender and can then connect the pipe on the car without stressing the sender pipe. I think the car may have had ongoing problems in the past as the return pipe has been bypassed with a rubber pipe... going to have to keep a close eye on it! I'd probably be OK running to SY as it is, but I'm trying to cover all the bases. eg new timing belt this week.

Thanks . I’m not sure there’d be enough room to put in that fitting, trying another solution currently.

How could I not find all that lot.! The main pipe is I think 8mm and the return pipe slightly smaller, so , what do you think ? 6mm? (Thanks btw do you think it would do the job?

i can't do this, the pipe just gets pushed out of course. ive reduced the size of the hole again and the pipe is still a little loose , i'll try some liquid metal around it to hold it a bit firmer and seal the tiny gap, then bench fit a flexible pipe to it to link to the pipe on the car so i can fit it without stressing the joint.

thats a thought, continue to use the single feed sender it's now fitted with.

if it were a steam engine boiler, the pipe could be expanded to tightly fit the hole.... is that a possibility? maybe if i inserted something conical ( a big nail perhaps) into the pipe end and hit it with a hammer?

i'm looking for something like this to replace the return pipe on my sender unit. This one is 3 to 4mm , so too small, i think i need 6 to 8mm. Any ideas where i could get such a thing? (my repair of the pipe didnt work, failed as soon as i tried to fit pipe on it.)

that was a lot easier than i expected, id still be there if id dismantled the shoes etc.Piston popped out of the old cylinder so must have been well past it. Thanks. funny thing is , the handbrake seems better now...

thanks, i thought that looked possible, suitable bit of wood holding the shoes apart should do the trick and be less fiddly.

the new cylinder is on its way... can I just wedge the shoes apart to extract the old cylinder, or will i need to strip them out completely?

Next question…. Where to source wheel cylinder and is it best to renew both even though one isn’t leaking

yeah Craig has it, that's what I mean.... i dont suppose they do very much after 40 odd years. Haynes manual is a bit vague. Anyway, i checked everything out and it all looks OK, so maybe just needs a touch more adjustment. it works fine of a less severe slope but wont hold on my steep drive. one cylinder is leaking so i'll replace that before making further adjustments.

the plugers on the backplate dont move when pressed but you can freely pull them out...should they not be in the out position and firm?

Got y brain in gear now, hopefully I’ll be able to movetherachetalong manually…will have a look tomorrow

Thanks Craig…