Bruce:
Plain steel line will work, but rubber hose will not. It will get
brittle or
swell, depending on what it is made of. You need to buy hose specifically
intended for fuel - it tolerates gasoline without degrading. Forget what it is
made of as compared to, say, heater hose, but it a special compound.
Your fuel filter should be before the fuel pump. The fuel pump has some
fine
mesh strainers in it, and if they clog you are looking at a new pump or a
rebuild. Better to let the fuel filter clog as it is easily replaced than to
use the pump as a filter. If the worst case scenario happens, it is not the
end of the world, the fuel pump rebuild kits are cheap.
Vance
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-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bruce Simms
Crawling underneath while getting ready to replace brake lines I noticed my
fuel lines from tank look corroded. Nothing looks too complicated.
1) Can
I simply buy steel line and rubber hose at the local auto parts store to
replace this?
2) My fuel filter is after the pump, close to carbs, not
before pump it as the parts book shows. Is this okay?
Thank you,
Bruce Simms
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