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Thank you for all of the help.
I found some 5/32" Spectre Stainless Braided Line in a clearance bin at the local parts store.
I used 10ft to replace the entire return hose, give or take a few inches. Zip tied it so the braid would have no chance to hit the battery posts even with the battery...
You guys are awesome. The fuel starts dripping from the braided return line on either side of the white zip tie.
Never mind I answered my own question after reading the manual., "Are the tees plastic? Is the hose just pushed on? Some of the fitting look rather permanent especially where the...
I finally got around to taking a look at my 802A. I started by changing all of the fluids and filters.
I bought a Wix 33472 for the fuel filter. When I went to transfer the petcock from the old filter to the WIX, the threads did not appear to be the same.
It would only go in about one turn, so...
Thank you for the reply.
I did find a drawing of that hose in another part of the technical manual.
Something doesn't seem to be right though if the trailer is spewing brake fluid out of the hose.
The Tech manual shows a regular screw on cover like you would expect, TM 9-2330-202-13&P page 003-1
But the trailer has the bent piece of brake line with the hose clamped onto the end.
Where the brake line enters the cap has a heavy layer of silicone.
If the hose is supposed to be there, then...
I picked up my M116A3 today and when I was checking it out, I discovered the interesting mod to the master cylinder cap as shown in the attached picture.
Needless to say, I drove it home without brakes after asking if I could swap it with one of the other trailers :)
Any idea what this was done...