Hey Rocket roedent!! :)

So the biggest thing I learned about deleting the fire starter and
repossitioning the fuel hose was that if you went with putting the hose
thru that opening was to make sure you placed a gromett or insulator to
protect said hose from getting cut by the sheet metal.

Solutions I remember:
1) hose thru hole + Grommet
2) same as above, but using a cut piece of hose sandwished around firewall
and new house...double wrap it!
3) double barbed fitting thru hole with grommet and hose on both sides
(more fuel clamps, but easier disconnect for engine drop)
4) Dropping Hose under hole, but securing with zip ties to make it hang out
of the way.
5) buying the metal firewall thingy....

Hope these help, Im sure I missed some.

GL Tony

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Huh. I was mistaken that my van's firewall fuel line fitting was metal.
> It's not, it's plastic.
>
> The metal versions are around $40, pretty spendy for such a simple thing.
>
> I read that it can be replaced by simply passing the hose through the
> firewall, no fitting required. But I have Googled and searched the
> Webbernet and pored through a whole bunch of older posting in the
> archives and didn't find a simple "here's the parts you'll need" + how-to.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>