[T3] Generator and Fuel Line Problems

Aaron Clow lists1 at tiserves.com
Wed Dec 28 17:21:21 PST 2011


Two years after I replaced all the fuel lines on my Type III with the
braided stuff, it was cracking and leaking. 

Never again. It looks classy and clean, but I've been steering people
away from that stuff ever since.

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 02:24 PM, Mike Fisher wrote:
> Russ Wolfe had a big roll of the German braided, that he refused to
> sell us as he said it was defective.  He told us to use the standard
> 5/16" reinforced rubber hose with a little bigger clamp.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Chris Sheridan <cscsheridan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>5/16" rubber gas hose should seal.
> >
> > hmmm I just ordered the 7mm Fuel Injected hose. Is this not correct?
> > My assumption was I had the hose size right, but the hose clamp
> > wouldn't tighten enough. What fuel line sizes do people use?
> >
> > 30 foot pound german braided? do 7mm braided and 5/16 rubber fit differently?



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