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Subject:Replacing Fuel Lines
From:Blake Sartin
Date:Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:56:22 -0400

OK, so I am undertaking a front-to rear replacement of all the rubber in the
fuel delivery system.  This includes all of the tank seals (including the
crossover tube) as well as all of the fuel lines on the engine.

The fuel lines in the engine compartment look to be ORIGINALS (except for
one piece), with the crimped on clamps.  I began replacing them, and came
upon a problem.  The cracked, rotted hoses that go from the black plastic
fuel rail to the injectors have no actual clamp at the injector, just a
metal ring.  Which brings me to a question:

Can I just use a standard clamp at the injector?  Or is there some other
sort of attachment system that I need to use at the injector itself?  These
things area a bear to get off, but they have been in place for 22 years so I
really don't know why I am surprised.

Safety first, you know.

Thanks,

Blake Sartin
'69 Westfalia
'84 7-passenger
Maryville, TN

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