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On 18 Feb 2006 at 0:09, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > >For fuel lines, I'd recommend oil as a lubricant. > I've long avoided using oil to get hoses to slide on in the event that > the oil attacks the rubber. Then again, these are hoses that will have > fuel going through them anyway. Any rubber that doesn't like oil will like gas even less. > >Yes, Bob Hoover recommends something like this for beetles. You can make a > >bulkhead fitting from a piece of tubing soldered into a 3/8" threaded lamp > >fitting. Then you can bend one end like you say. I've never done this, but it > >would probably be a good idea, because this is the tightest bend on the car for > >a pressurized fuel line. > I've seen Bob Hoover's idea. Won't work on out cars because the tin over > the #3 cylinder won't clear. Can't you just bend the hard line on the # 3 side so that it clears? Seems like that would work as well as bending the rubber hose to clear. > I did concoct something that may work > > I found a 5/16 female flare - 1/8 NPT male 90 deg street elbow. I put > the 1/8 fitting through a 3/8" fender washer, through the tin on the > bulkhead, through another fender washer, through a 1/8" female coupler, > ending in a 1/8" NPT - 5/16" hose barb. I also have a 5/16" steel flare > line, but I'll need to pick up a tubing bender. I guess I'm not following all of this. It sure sounds like a lot of parts to put together, along with a lot of extra joints. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~