I'm looking up fit a glass fuel filter in a XJ6 S1 but require some information on its piping /. Connection arrangement in the area. Diagrams do little and referencing part numbers of the various components brings up nothing.

Would anyone have a photo of the glass fuel filter in the trunk of an XJ6 S1 as originally setup by factory.so I can see the pipe geometry and connections.

Regards
Peter

 

With thanks to John Briggs for the following image & documents below , it seems the very early XJ6 S1 had the glass fuel filter in both the engine bay and then later on in the boot . Following that, they moved onto a metal canister in the boot.

From my research also, For the boot mounting, the metal canister has a larger offset to the side tyre well wall by incorporating a larger bracket offset. This way the fuel filter outlet pipe aligned straight with the 3/8 inch fuel pipe.moving forward into the tyre well wall.

The glass fuel filter version however had a much smaller bracket offset to the tyre truck well wall, so they implemented a "S" shaped metal pipe to connect to the 3/8 inch fuel line forward of the tyre well.

Some interesting facts here, all the fuel lines from fuel tanks up until the fuel filter assembly in the boot, , for either version glass or metal, is 5/16 inch in size, be it rubber or metal fuel line . However from then on the metal fuel pipe system is a larger 3/8 inch to the carburettors. The 3/8 inch fuel line size change starts with the metal fuel line that protrudes into the forward tyre well wall.

The fuel filters used by Jaguar AC Delco glass and I think the metal canister too, are not automotive but rather more commonly used in industrial or diesel tractor supply farm equipment.. The fittings into the fuel filter are 1/2 inch UNF threads with 5/16 tube nuts if required.
These diesel /industrial connections can more easily be found in tractor supply shops and are common with AC Delco, CAV or DELPHI filtration systems .

Myself, I am refabricating the entire fuel system from fuel tanks to engine, I find the history and tangential paths this takes a person to be highly interesting..

Regards
Peter

 

Osyris
All UK manufactured cars in the 1950s, 1960s, and even into the 1970s, with the exception of Ford, used fuel system components such as filters, fuel pipes etc. in common with UK made motorised equipment such as tractors and diggers etc.
My Ferguson 35 has Telecamit oil filter systems identical to that used on the Triumph TRs, ditto fuel pump and fuel bowl sediment traps. These parts did the job and were commonly available, so Morris, Austin, Triumph, Standard, Jaguar all used them as required.

Just as today, all auto makers buy ABS systems, airbag systems, gearboxes, and loads of other components from common suppliers.