Bryan,
I found a solution to the outrageous price and poor quality of the fuel
lines available from Moss and others. I bought good quality 1/4 fuel line
from the parts store for about 50 cents a foot. Then a trip to Home Depot
where I found stainless braided plumbing hose, cut the ends off and slide
to braid off the hose. Throw the hose away and now you have a few feet of
shiny stainless braid. Push the braid together and slide it over the hose,
a little shrink tube on the ends and you are done. Besides being stainless
the weave is much tighter than the original stuff and you will know what is
inside where it counts. See, Frank isn't the only cheap one on the list!
Mark
70 Midget
Nashville, TN
http://www.NashvilleTN.org
http://members.home.net/mendicott
> The steel braded fuel line going to my dellorto sidedraft, was leaking
fuel all
> over the inside of my engine bay. I tried to fix the problem by tightening
my
> hose clamps, but the problem would not go away.
> I had two braded steel lines (with a filter) under the bonnet, both of
which I
> obtained from MOSS (6.5", 9.75"). These don't say petroflex, but have a
steel
> woven cover, with 'blue' stripes woven in.
> These hoses were purchased new, and were only installed on the car, 6-8
months
> ago. The inside of the hoses apprears to be rotting out, and the rubber
has
> become pretty stiff.
> Is this typical???, what kind of fuel line should I be using??
>
>
> - Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> San Jose, CA
>
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