Mine is a 91 and the same setup.  Once you go fwd thru the firewall, it is
only a little bit till you hit the hard line. So yours sounds OK.  Tip:
Instead of a grommet thru the firewall..take a leftover peice of hose and
slit it lengthwise.  Then just insert it into the hole in the firewall and
it should stay. C ya.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Katy Hahn <ahwahneevw@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/4/10, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with just eliminating the fire starter completely. I installed
> > a rubber grommet in the fire starter hole and ran one solid piece of
> > fuel line (all the way from the fuel filter.)
>
> So I will undo the firewall gadget, replace with a gommet (thanks
> Robert for the p/n) and use one longer piece of correct fuel hose in
> place of the two+fitting in there now.
>
> However, on my '84 the fuel hose forward of the firewall is short --
> maybe 3" -- connecting then to a hard line that moves on in the
> direction of the tank.
>
> Several of the descriptions had me expecting to see a much longer
> section of hose forward of the firewall.
>
> Are there differences in the early and late systems?  Or has mine been
> messed with?  Or perhaps I am not looking in the right place (though I
> get a pretty good view of things peering behind the RR tire).
>
> Geo
>