Nice luck! That (black?) hard nylon line is something I'd thought would never wear out. But then it sounds like there were extenuating circumstances? I usually carry a length of 5/16" Gates fuel injection pressure rated fuel hose. Usually... ;) In fits of desperation, I've even used that piece of hose to prime the Dometic combustion chamber via the drain tube. Neil. On 7/7/15, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote: > .... when the Westy started with a > huge fuel leak. "WOW" another disaster. No fire etc but stuck in the back > country. Short story is that the hard plastic fuel line on the passenger > side above the rear wheel wore out. Exactly where it hangs on that small > white plastic bracket. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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