[T3] Fuel line question

[Aaron Clow <lists@tiserves.com>]

<x-flowed>I'm finally getting around to working on my '71 Fasty. I'm in the middle 
of replacing all the front fuel lines. The PO had relocated the fuel 
pump to the front right fork on the frame head, and I'm putting it back. 
However, the metal plate on which the fuel pump normally mounts has no 
rubber grommet on it anymore where the fuel lines pass through to and 
from the fuel line muffler.  Keeping in mind the Type 1 issue where 
vibration eventually cuts into the fuel line, do people think it's solid 
enough to cut two halfs of fuel hose and use it around the regular fuel 
hose? I'm using the 5/16" american fuel line this time and creating two 
half-circles out of it to buffer the fuel line between the metal edge of 
the plate and the fuel line itself seems pretty tight, and I'd imagine 
it would take a long time for it to get cut through? Is there another 
alternative for this?

Also, it seems as if the PO also had the fuel feed and return lines 
backwards going through the car. I didn't think this was possible, but I 
was wondering why the car would take forever for the RPM to increase as 
I hit the accelerator. I'd imagine there was very little pressure on the 
other side of that fuel pressure regulator and fuel was just kind of 
getting "dumped in" to the fuel ring. Would this mean the regulator 
isn't apt to hold pressure once I get things going in the right 
direction? I'd rather replace it now while I'm doing all the fuel lines 
than later...

Aaron

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