Cut the line a few inches back from the carburetor and install an inline filter. That way you'll have plenty of length. Just don't waste your money on one of those clear plastic ones- - - -use a real filter.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!