Shawn wrote:
>Thanks to all who replied with excellent suggestions - the van is back
>home safely now, after about 20 minutes of fiddling. Turns out the rigid
>hose leading from the fuel pump to the firewall had slipped out of the 3"
>piece of rubber hose attached to the plastic fitting. The fitting itself
>appears
>ok, and given the proximity to the starter motor, I consider myself fortunate
>this time. It seems odd that such a critical union would not use a barbed or
>flanged connector. It appears that I could replace this section of rigid
>plastic line with rubber fuel line, except that it may not fit through the
>hole
>in the frame. Has anyone tried replacing this rigid line?

I replaced my plastic fuel line with 5/16" steel line. A short section of
rubber line to splice it at the fuel pump and another to splice it at
the engine end.
I did away with that stupid and dangerous plastic bulkhead connector... it's
an accident waiting to happen.
I slid a piece of rubber tubing over the steel line where it goes through
the frame. There's room once the old line is out.
I did both the pressure and return lines in steel, with minimal rubber
line in the system.

Steve
'86 Westy