What is everyone using for replacement hard fuel lines? I will need to replace them on the GLHS and would like them to have the stock looking flare at the end for the hose to slide over.
What is everyone using for replacement hard fuel lines? I will need to replace them on the GLHS and would like them to have the stock looking flare at the end for the hose to slide over.
I use the Mastercool line flaring kit like this one---->https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=...JIOamQHDlq-ABA
There are other ways, but I have that kit so I just use it to create the flares. Takes a few tries to know how to get it right, but is worth it.
Bryan
86 GLHS #161, 2016 Impala
SDAC National Member, SDAC Buckeye Chapter Member
A man has got to know his limitations.....
The tubing ends were beaded. using a flaring tool and putting a slight flare on the end of the tube will work also. ATS sells a beading tool kit but its not really meant for steel tube and is pretty useless for automotive applications.
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Yeah I haven't found much that is reasonably priced. There are those little tools with the balls that push out from the inside but they seem to be for only aluminum lines and don't work well on steel lines. $400 is pretty steep to make 4 beads. maybe I can find someone local that can do it for a few bucks once I have the lines bent up. Any specific line to look for?
Bryan
86 GLHS #161, 2016 Impala
SDAC National Member, SDAC Buckeye Chapter Member
A man has got to know his limitations.....
would this harbor freight special work?
http://www.harborfreight.com/double-...kit-66534.html
I used a standard brake flaring tool for trans lines on my Jeep. Once you install a fuel hose over the end, nobody knows what it looks like.
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
That's what I've done on other cars in the past. If you keep an eye on it and only crank it in slightly, it will give you enough of a bulge where the hose won't slide off when clamped. Cheap and super easy, and like Mike said, you can't see it once it's assembled. Grab a scrap piece of line and get a feel for it first.
Jon J.
1989 Daytona ES 2.4L DOHC
2003 Neon SXT - gone but never forgotten
If it ain't broke, fix it 'till it is!
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