Date:         Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:56:48 -0500
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Firewall fuel fitting
Comments: To: T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
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I went with number 4!
John

On 10/22/2012 11:11 AM, T Collins wrote:
> 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.
>>
>