I'm putting in a new tank this weekend and wondering if I should just replace the lines from the tank to the fuel pump while I'm at it. If so, what size tubing is recommended?
I'm putting in a new tank this weekend and wondering if I should just replace the lines from the tank to the fuel pump while I'm at it. If so, what size tubing is recommended?
The original lines on the later models had plastic lines made by Polypenco they hold up extremely well, don't rust and should not need replacement but in various spots there are rubber line making connections. Those rubber lines should be replaced and good clamps added. Replacement poly line can be purchased at Mc Master Carr.
The quality of fuel line at the autoparts has gone to hell from everyone wanting to save a buck. I buy my critical fuel line from marine suppliers and buy grade A-1 a far superior product.
The original lines on the later models had plastic lines made by Polypenco they hold up extremely well, don't rust and should not need replacement but in various spots there are rubber line making connections. Those rubber lines should be replaced and good clamps added. Replacement poly line can be purchased at Mc Master Carr.
The quality of fuel line at the autoparts has gone to hell from everyone wanting to save a buck. I buy my critical fuel line from marine suppliers and buy grade A-1 a far superior product.
Mine is a 77 and has metal lines?!?
Very possible. They may have tried different things and the change in tank and evap lines might have been the time they did it. I wonder if anyone with a '76 can chime in with whether theirs were metal or plastic?
Some of the plastic lines will last forever and a half, while others will deteriorate from heat or whatever to the point they literally fall apart in your hand when you touch them.
Maybe Ford never had that issue, but I've seen both scenarios with the plastic, so they may have decided that discretion was the better part of valor. Just not trusting it completely.
Paul