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Hello all, The saga of getting my Fastback roadworthy once again took a turn for the worse today. After finally purchasing and installing a new set of tires, cleaning up and painting the rust spots on the underside of the car, changing the oil, adjusting and bleeding the brakes, and doing some minor bodywork what happenes next? For some reason the 6 - 7 year old fuel hose decided to burst, spraying fuel all over the engine. Luckily the engine was cold and the car was just sitting in my driveway. This hose was brand new when I installed it, and I didn't drive the car all that much in the 7 years I've had it...maybe 20K miles (it's always been the spare car). The hose was the black braided German stuff, which I never thought was for FI but the place I bought it from said it was. Now that I have to replace this stuff again I want something strong that will last a while. Anyone know a good Internet source for strong fuel injection fuel hose that is the proper size for the Type III fuel fittings (what ID is should I be looking for anyway?)? I'd also like to find a new set of lower brake show return springs for my rear drum brakes, as I unwittingly ruined several of mine while using a torch to free the frozen brake adjustment "start wheels". Anyone out there have a set (4) you don't need? Thanks a ton in advance... - Doug :-) '73 Fastback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~