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On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 05:41, Joel Briglia wrote: > I have to replace the rubber fuel hoses from the tank to the pump and from > the pump to the send and return lines. Do I have to use the cloth covered > hoses like the originals or can I use run of the mill rubber fuel hose. I'm > not all that concerned with authenticity and I don't see an advantage to the > cloth covered hoses except for the fact that they look like the originals. > Any advice? > The hose you buy today that looks like original, isn't any good. Just go to your local parts store and buy 5/16" gas line. You will need 20-25 feet to do the whole car. You don't need the exspensive stuff. Just a good quality gas hose. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org