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Where can I find a fitting on the fuel rail?

Old 03-23-2006, 07:19 PM
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Where can I find a fitting like the one on the fuel rail?

I want to put one on the opposite corner (Right Rear) of the fuel rail for a mechanical fuel gauge that I will be mounting in the rear/cowel area.

If I found a bad/damamged fuel rail, can I simply unsolder/weld the cap and solder/weld the new one on? I take it the fuel rail is aluminum and would have to be welded (not soldered like copper pipe).
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The factory LSX fuel rails are steel so you can weld a steel -4AN fitting to the rails. If you have the room you can get steel compression fittings to
-4AN. ( The weld on take up alot less room.
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Actually, I think only the brackets are steel. I tried sticking a magnet on the rails and caps and the magnet did not stick. The magnet only stuck to the brackets. Anyone know if the stock rails are aluminum?
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Actually were both wrong. The rails technically are'TIN' but you can tig weld steel fittings to them. I attached a pic for you look @ the cross-over.

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