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David_Doan

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does anyone have pics or description of the proper fuel line routing? My car, as shown below, looks like it had a new fuel line added by the PO.

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Thanks,

David
 
Here's mine (fuel right and brake left): middle rear.jpg
 
On mine, both the brake line and the fuel line are routed down the passenger rail. The fuel line then crosses over to the drivers side just behind the front crossmember. I believe this to be original.
 
David,

Your's looks to be the Frank C. "We Cheap" solution for fuel line making use of Copper Ice Maker Tubing. Has worked fine on Bugsy my '68 Sprite for last 12 years. Biggest issue I see in your present installation is the amount / distance of unsupported copper line. After about a year I managed to crack the hose due to vibration. A piece of rubber fuel line in the middle with a couple of hose clamps got me going again. I definitely like Mark's setup. In my case the brackets on the side of the tunnel were missing and I needed to improvise with something else to support the fuel line. Try to support every 12 " or so to keep it from flexing too much.
 
Boink said:
It's that copper-mix stuff.
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It looks like the copper-nickel lines used in Volvos and other Euro cars.
Very resistant to corrosion and almost as strong as steel.
Great stuff.

Very different from copper lines, which I would not use if I were making up brake lines (I'm not crazy about using it for fuel lines either, but might be OK).

Link----> https://www.austinhealeywood.com/brakestory.html
 
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aeronca65t said:
It looks like the copper-nickel lines used in Volvos and other Euro cars.
Very resistant to corrosion and almost as strong as steel.
Great stuff.

Very different from copper lines, which I would not use if I were making up brake lines (I'm not crazy about using it for fuel lines either, but might be OK).
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That's the stuff... copper-nickel. I'm wondering, though, how one quickly tells the difference (to regular copper).
 
Cupro-nickle is almost silverish and copper is ... well copper color.
 
Trevor Jessie said:
Cupro-nickle is almost silverish and copper is ... well copper color.
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Right. Thanks. I guess I was wondering if there were variants that were hard to tell, but it sounds like not. :smile:
 
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