So, the more time I spend with this car the more I learn about it. My latest discovery came about while I was looking at photos of other Lasalle engines and I noticed a tube attached to the bowl vent on the carburetor. My car doesn't have this tube. There's a place to screw one into the bowl vent tower but no tube. I'm sure it should be there should the float were to stick or some other type of failure where gas would overflow from the carb and I don't like the idea of having it dump onto the exhaust manifold or some other hot surface; so far I've been lucky.
I'm sure I can make one but I don't know how or where it ends. Is it possible someone out there in CLC land can provide some details, a couple of photos or just a description of this pipe?
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Wes in VT
Quote from: tripwire on July 08, 2018, 04:52:13 PM
Is it possible someone out there in CLC land can provide some details, a couple of photos or just a description of this pipe?
On the '47 it goes directly back and follows the top of the bell housing and rolls around the driver's side and ends about half way down, aimed at the ground. I know Bill has some Great pictures of the Motor in the bare frame and you might be able to see it a little better.
Bobby
My earlier engine had the pipe on the right-hand side attached to a clip on the bell-housing. I have seen them end in all different places. Doesn't really matter as long as it gets that fuel drained out to the road unless you were really pedantic?
Thanks guys. I was thinking along the same lines; just get the gas off the top of the engine and on the ground if a flood event should occur.
Wes in VT
Wes, you need to route it to the left or drivers side of the car.
The purpose of the tube is to get the fuel away from the exhaust system.
Here are two pictures that show overflow tube routing. As Fred pointed out, keep the end of the overflow tube on the drivers side and away from the exhaust. Bill
Fred, thanks for the update. I agree about keeping raw gas away from the exhaust pipe.
Bill, those are good pictures. I'm going to keep copies to refer to when I have more questions. Thanks for posting them.
Wes in VT