Date:         Fri, 8 Apr 2005 19:59:11 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Replaced my old fuel lines today..
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On 4/8/05 19:45, "Nate Saylor" <nates@IMPULSE.NET> wrote:

> So I finally got around to replacing my old fuel lines on my '84 Westy
> (only had it a few months now).  started pulling off the old lines,
> which looked to be in decent shape, only to discover that the date code
> on them was 1984!  Been driving around with 21 year old fuel lines,
> makes me kinda shiver to think about it, especially considering how many
> horror stories I hear about these things self-detonating (saw one at our
> local Volks-only junkyard that was completely burned out recently).
> Anyway, I'm glad I got it done.  I only replaced the engine bay hoses
> when I did it though.  Is it really important to change the hoses to the
> front of the bulkhead fitting?  Also I have hard plastic line running
> from the filter to a short piece of injector hose at the front of the
> bulkhead fitting, does that need to be replaced as well?
> 
> -Nate
> '84 Westy
> 
> 

The hard line shouldn¹t need to be replace but examin where it goes through
the bulk head.  While doing my tran pull I inspected all the areas that
normally are hard to look at.  I found that the plastic guide that that goes
through the bulkhead protecting the fuel line was busted and almost all
gone.   Put a piece of rubber tubing around it as a new grommet.
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jimt
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