[T3] Fuel hose replacement

dlstiefel dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org
Wed Aug 24 10:41:59 PDT 2016


Well it's been nearly 3 years since we got Clementine back on the road 
and nearly 4 years since the first time we cranked her. The last year of 
the restoration was spent mainly waiting on the body shop to do their 
thing. I've put around 6000 miles on her since mainly driving her around 
town and to VW events in the fall, winter and spring not much in the 
summer. The trans in her has had a slight noise in it every since back 
in high school when I busted the spider gears from popping the clutch 
too much. I had forgotten about this since I went 23 years without 
driving her but the sound never was bad. the noise here lately has 
gotten worse here lately plus there hes been an occasional clunk sound 
when I engage the clutch. the clutch was replaced along with the 
flywheel being resurfaced when she was apart. Since I have an extra 
trans that has a 1/3 of the miles as this one and has not been used 
since 1980 and came out of the 72 SB we used for parts we are in the 
posses of putting new seals in this trans and swapping it out while it 
is still to hot for me to drive it. I'm debating whether or not to 
replace all the fuel hoses while we are doing this. There is an ethanol 
frindly hose I'm thinking about using made by ACDelco  
http://www.acdelco.com/content/dam/ACDelco/North-America/ACDelco/nscwebsite/en/Home/Auto_Repair/PDF%C2%B4S/Maintenance/Belts_and_Hoses/professional-fuel-line-fuel-injection-hose-ACDelco.pdf
Not sure if I will go with that or if I will even replace them with no 
more miles than it has. They look good but I know that don't always mean 
anything. I want to have

-- 
Dennis Stiefel
Automotive Service/Repair (Mechanics) Instructor
Dekalb County Technology Center
Rainsville, AL
Work (256) 638-4421 EX 109



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