Damaged Fuel Line. Replacement/repair questions

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Pat,
 For the record, I don't think any lines have the braid on the inside.
The stainless braid won't hold liquids......

Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Pieper 
  To: Brian McGarvey ; Scirocco 
  Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 1:48 PM
  Subject: Re: Damaged Fuel Line. Replacement/repair questions


  OK...for the record, I think braided stainless line sucks big ass.  I mean the kind with the braid
  on the outside, not the inside (where it belongs).

  One good way (of many) to fix this is to loosen the line from the car, cut the damaged section,
  slip on Parker 5BX nuts and 5tx ferrules, and flare the ends (these are JIC 37* flare nuts, for
  our intents and purposes the same as the insanely priced AN fittings).  That line is 8mm OD and
  Parker specs those pieces as OK for use on 8mm and 5/16".  

  Then get two 6-5 male-male adapter unions (Parker 6-5HTX).  Have a hard line or hose (use Parker
  221FR - the steel braid is on the inside) made up with the correct -6 female swivel ends
  10626-6-6.

  It's all in here: http://www.parker.com/tfd/cat/pdffiles/C-Triple-Lok.pdf

  That's one way.  An easy way since you have the P/Ns, but hard if you don't have a Parker store
  nearby.

  Others will just slip 5/16 fuel hose over the ends of the cut line and hose clamp it.  Good luck.

  Ron





  --- Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:
  > http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/aero.htm
  > brian
  > 
  > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Scirocco wrote:
  > 
  > > Fellow Sciroccans,
  > > 
  > > The problem: I noticed a partially crushed fuel line on my 1980 that runs
  > > near the jack point on the right side. (Apparently VW finally did away with
  > > this routing on the 1981). What are my options to repair or replace the
  > > damaged fuel line?  I know this is a high pressure system (70 psi?).
  > > 
  > > So  far the only  available options I see are:
  > > 
  > > 1) I will need to  pick and pull the whole delivery system from the junkyard
  > > ( least desirable option).
  > > 
  > > 2) go with a repair if possible, ( I did this once with a automatic
  > > transmission line). Compression fitting I think?
  > > 
  > > 3) find a aftermarket high pressure fuel line product I can adapt to the MK1
  > > 
  > > Does anyone have any experience with this problem?
  > > 
  > > Cheers!
  > > Guido 
  > > 
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