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You can avoid the hassle of draining the tank by replacing the inside fuel line (between the tank valve and inside firewall) with a new line which has an inline valve - available and Bratton's ... https://www.brattons.com/30-31gas-line-with-shut-off-valve.html After posting this, I installed...

Thanks so much. I believe I did have that clamp too far from the re-enforcing rib. There may be a crack in the outlet, but I sure can't see or feel one. I am amazed. I am still going to coat the inside with J-B Weld.

You are exactly right.

Thanks for the tip. I found the problem. Check out my reply and pic above.

Thanks for the tip. I found the problem. Check out my replies above with pic.

Check out the pic. This explains everything. I was able to pull this fold back out with pliers and got it close to round. It seems to be soft brass. Amazingly, I can’t see or feel any cracks. I am going to buy a tail pipe expander tool to carefully straighten it out the rest of the way and...

Check out the pic. This explains everything. I was able to pull this fold back out with pliers and got it close to round. It seems to be soft brass. Amazingly, I can’t see or feel any cracks. I am going to buy a tail pipe expander tool to carefully straighten it out the rest of the way and...

I did that after the last time I pulled the radiator. I think there has to be a little wrinkle or fold in the outlet pipe that will have to be fixed first. Thanks.

Good idea. If I could get it in there without pulling the radiator, it would be great. But it is pretty close quarters down in there.

I think you have likely nailed the problem. I was hoping someone would tell me a way to fix it without pulling the radiator again, but you are probably right that it has to come out. RATS!

That sounds like it could be the problem. Can I fix it without pulling the radiator again?

Hi Tom - Thanks for the quick reply. It is not leaking from the connection with the steel pipe. It is leaking from the clamp on the outlet of the radiator.

I have been plagued with a cooling system leak on my Model A for the last several years, thought I got it fixed several times, and now it is back. The leak is definitely coming from the connection of the lower radiator hose on the bottom outlet pipe of the radiator. I pulled the radiator out...

Thanks to all of you who replied to my questions. I am going to paint the shock arms and dog bone links with a spray can of Rustoleum Primer and then apply a top coat of Rustoleum Gloss Black. It sounds like the rubber cushions in the dog bone links work fine with no lubricant at all, so I...

Two questions: 1. I am going to install new dog-bone links. Are you supposed to put any lubricant inside and around the rubber ball covers? 2. I got the links from Snyder's and they have some kind of a black finish on them, but the arms, which I also got from Snyder's are not painted...