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Well, you didn't say if the car was fuel injected of not. if it isn't, then you can use the generic American car fuel hose, but it doesn't fit too well (it's rather loose) and has a tendancy to crack in short order. I would recommend the braided 7mm hose that is from Germany. It will outlast that cheap stuff 3 to 1, it isn't as slick (therefore it won't slip off of the fittings as easily) and it fits well. If the car is fuel injected, then don't even consider using that stuff. It is designed with 4 to 9 pounds of fuel pressure in mind and won't last at all with 30 plus pounds of your injection system. As for the Glove box, the only ones that I know of are from Innovations in fiberglass (I think that they are about 30 bucks) and yes, sorry, but they are made of fiberglass. They should be tougher that the orig, but they won't look like the originals. The Amazing Kelly Pitt > Hi again, > > About this time last week I posted an introduction to the list and that I was > going to be looking at a 69 Squareback in Madison. Well, the car seemed okay > so I picked it up. Andlucky for me, Jim Adney (Thank you Jim) was able to > look at the car with us and he pointed out problems and areas that needed > work. I now have a laundry list of repairsstarting with some leaky fuel line > and the front brakes. > > I bought some 5/16" fuel line for the repair but the OD seems a bit larger > than the cloth covered hose currently in the engine compartment. Since the fuel line seems to wrap all over the place, will this larger OD fit throughout the engine compartment? I'm assuming Yes, but I don't want to pull out the existing line only to find out I'm wrong. > > Also, the knobs for the popout windows are loose and I cannot get them tight > enough for > the windows to stay open while driving OR completely closed while the car is > parked. Any > tips for making those tighter? Or making them stay tight? And my glove box > is a wreck, > but I'm guessing those are hard to come by. > > The car made the drive from Madison to Chicago (about 130 miles) without a > problem so > once I get some things fixed mechanically I'll start working on the little > rust on the > car and maybe even a radio. > > I'm sure you'll be hearing from me in the weeks to come. > > Thanks for reading, jim > > ===== > "i've got it and it's not worth having..." > http://www.machobeagle.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe