Re: West Bend Muskie Fuel Fitting

[lotec]

jpatti75 – thanks for that part#! My recollection was the barb end was longer on the one I found so it would have sufficient length to reach through the pan. However, if it worked on your ’59 Elgin that should also work on all the other 5.5, 7.5 and 12hp ones back to ’55 – and I think on the WB motors the fitting isn’t angled, so it would not need to be as long.

I will be honest that we have had just miserable luck with aftermarket Chrysler/Force connectors. (I am fairly certain that the shoddy fitment of the aftermarket West Marine/Atwood connector is why my son Hurricane Harry lost the semi-final race with his classmates in the Cocktail Racer he built in school last spring) After that fiasco and problems others have reported, I have sworn off ever buying another and will pay the additional $6 for the Mercury sourced fuel connector. (There are visible differences in them.)

Though it is possible that when mated to an aftermarket male fitting, they may work – or work better….. 🙄