I recently ordered a new sediment bowl and a new fuel line from this site. I ordered them both specifically because I wanted to be confident that both would fit together and both would fit my '47 M tractor. But it was not to be...
The sediment bowl screwed into the tank with no problems. The fuel line screwed into the carb with no problems, and it would screw into the old sediment bowl I was replacing. But the fuel line wouldn't screw into the sediment bowl. The fitting on the sediment bowl was too small with the wrong type of threads.
In searching another site, I found what appears to be the exact same sediment bowl.
Notice the adapter circled in red, which didn't come with the sediment bowl from YT. In reading through the info on this other site, I see this:
This fuel strainer or sediment bowl has 3/8" pipe inlet and 1/8" pipe outlet. [b:9793001793]It includes a 5/16" line compression adapter fitting." [/b:9793001793]
So now I've got to go find an adaptor.
Guess where I won't be buying my tractor parts from in the future? This kind of stuff ticks me off.
Rant over. Carry on.
The sediment bowl screwed into the tank with no problems. The fuel line screwed into the carb with no problems, and it would screw into the old sediment bowl I was replacing. But the fuel line wouldn't screw into the sediment bowl. The fitting on the sediment bowl was too small with the wrong type of threads.
In searching another site, I found what appears to be the exact same sediment bowl.
Notice the adapter circled in red, which didn't come with the sediment bowl from YT. In reading through the info on this other site, I see this:
This fuel strainer or sediment bowl has 3/8" pipe inlet and 1/8" pipe outlet. [b:9793001793]It includes a 5/16" line compression adapter fitting." [/b:9793001793]
So now I've got to go find an adaptor.
Guess where I won't be buying my tractor parts from in the future? This kind of stuff ticks me off.
Rant over. Carry on.