76 vette fuel line replacement
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76 vette fuel line replacement
Hi guys. Im new to the site and just bought my first vette a 76 f4om my brother in law. My question is this. My brother in law replaced the fuel line from the tank to the engine with rubber hose. I am changing that asap. Has anyone used braided flexible line for that. It is body on resto. Thx
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Hi guys. Im new to the site and just bought my first vette a 76 f4om my brother in law. My question is this. My brother in law replaced the fuel line from the tank to the engine with rubber hose. I am changing that asap. Has anyone used braided flexible line for that. It is body on resto. Thx
You say he replaced it with a "rubber hose" but it was likely internal braided fuel hose.
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Some of the braided fuel line that others here used, had problems with gas leaking through the walls of it and leaving a strong gas odor. Steel line is the best, you can get replacements for a reasonable price, but installing them in one piece without lifting the body is hard. You could cut and re-flair it to make a joint at the rear kick up area.
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So i checked out the fuel line (rubber hose). It is sae30rkx. I researched it and it is fuel line suitable for this application. However i think im just going to run steel lines as best i can, hopefully just 2 pieces 1 join over the run. Even if i end up with 2 joins i think i am far better off with the steel lines. Thanks guys
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go with steel.
the 2 rubber hoses I have between the tank and the line itself leaked badly a month ago and scared the s@### out of me!
Fuel dropping on a hot exhaust = fire...
I got really lucky.
2 weeks after the rubber hoses between the filter and the carb did the same...
I was lucky again, no fire.
They all said SAE30...but age and heat does not treat them well.
Needless to say, I am replacing these hoses with proper steel lines asap.
the 2 rubber hoses I have between the tank and the line itself leaked badly a month ago and scared the s@### out of me!
Fuel dropping on a hot exhaust = fire...
I got really lucky.
2 weeks after the rubber hoses between the filter and the carb did the same...
I was lucky again, no fire.
They all said SAE30...but age and heat does not treat them well.
Needless to say, I am replacing these hoses with proper steel lines asap.
