fuel line question

[Steve Olkowski]

Trying to get a bracket that PO super welded so I could install air bags, I managed to melt a place in rear fuel line. Is there a way to couple it back, do I need to replace? Trying to locate a source for the line if anyone knows one. Thanks, Steve

 

[79jasper]

Just replace it. You can get new quick disconnects from the parts store. In the help section.

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[riotwarrior]

Iirc ford has specific unions for our fuel lines....

 

[Steve Olkowski]

Would love to find replacements for it. You think in the meantime I could couple with brass nipples?

 

[Macrobb]

If it's that nylon plastic line, I've used rubber fuel hose and hose clamps myself.

If it fits and doesn't leak, it's fine. Remember, it's not under any pressure - supply line is under vacuum, return should be less than 1 psi.

The only down side to fuel hose is that it seems to start getting hard after about 10 years, after 15-20 it's probably going to need to be replaced...

 

[icanfixall]

Easy fix is replace with fuel rated line.The supply is 3/8 diameter and the return is 5/16 diameter.Hose clamps and your golden.

 

[crash-harris]

If you're talking about the nylon hardlines...

In the Doorman help section at autozone, there are brass barb nipples in different sizes that have hard cut barbs on them like push-lok barb fittings. Get the correct size and a couple of injection line clamps, heat one end of hose at a time, just enough to get soft, and press the barb into the line, then let it cool around it and tighten the clamp down on it.

 

[Steve Olkowski]

Thanks guys, Brass nipples from ace hardware were perfect size.