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I need to replace the steel lines that go down the right side of my 71 any suggestions
henry
henry
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Re: Fuel line
These lines are available from any of the usual vendors. Many folks replace teh steel lines with rubber hose. That's probably ok for a temporary fix, but people who drive plastic cars would probably be well served to use the steel line. -
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How difficult are the lines to replace in one piece or do the cut and use a union to put them together
HenryComment
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Re: Fuel line
The lines are designed to be installed in one piece. In most cases it is not very difficult to do. You don't want any splices, particularily on the pressure side of the pump. You would be amazed at how much fuel that pump can put out even at idle. Fuel leaks are not tolerable on any car, but even less so on a Vette.Comment
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When I first read your post I read it to mean the right side of the engine, ie the pump to carb line. Now I see you are probably refering to the tank to pump line. I haven't ever installed one of these on a C3, but from reading the posts of those who have, I believe splicing may be necessary if the body is on the car. Splicing that line is not so bad, since it's on the vacuum side of the pump and doesn't make for such a fire hazard. Still needs to be leak proof, however.Comment
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I did this last year on my 66, and it was quite a bit of work. I ended up with one splice in the line. I cut it where the line enters the frame at the top of the kick up area. First I fed the front section in, and pushed it around so it would just go into the hole in the frame, above the trailing arm (which has to be removed). Then, the staight rear section, with a 2 inch piece of rubber hose attahed to it, was fed in through the hole for the tail light (I can't remember if it was inboard or outboard). With the training arm out, I could reach inside the frame and connect the rear section of the line to the front section. When completed, it looked completely stock, since the splice is inside the frame. The only thing that didnt look stock is in the engine compartment end of the line, where I cut some of the line off, because it has some sharp bends up to the fuel pump. With these bends removed, I could feed it along the frame, from the back, a little easier. I dont know if this will work on your 71, since the tail light openings might be in different locations relative to where the line exits the frame at the rear, next to the sending unit. If you are unclear about what I did, email me at whitedan@umich.edu (I check this one more often). Hope this helps, DanComment
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Bought both lines the fuel line and the vapor line. The new clips and a bottle of tylonel. Expect to give it a try tomarrowComment
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