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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 126 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 126 | Has anyone used 3/16 brake lines, the kind from the auto parts stores with incremented sizes and fittings as fuel lines for a 216 or 235? The originals on the truck were 1/4 (I think) and would there be any issues with going down in size? Thanks.
Chris Simmonds
1942 Chevy 3/4 ton
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 | Other than looking ridiculous and being difficult to adapt to the fuel pump and the carburetor? Why not just use the right size tubing to start with? My FLAPS has several different diameters and lengths of pre-made steel lines, including the correct size which I believe is 5/16". I've made fuel lines with them for years. I doubt if the 3/16" line would carry enough fuel volume for full-throttle operation.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 126 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 126 | OK, thanks. Good advice. I sent my wife with a sample of the fuel line that was on the truck and had her stop at our FLAPS and came home with the 3/16. I will have her exchange it on her way home from work tomorrow.
Chris Simmonds
1942 Chevy 3/4 ton
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Yep, I've used 5/16" steel fuel/brake line that you get at NAPA for fuel line, that's what it was made for. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | I work at a FLAPS and they are sold every day for that purpose.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,219 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,219 | NAPA sells a greenish grey fuel/brake line that is easily bent with your hands and is pretty much kink free. It works really good for this if you don't have a tubing bender.
Joe | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | i use the 5/16ths for fuel and 3/16ths for vac. advance. i like to shine it up with steel wool then shoot it clear to hold the shine. with proper bends in the proper places it looks sharp. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 | Ditto on the 3/16" for the vacuum advance line. It also works well for the across-the-block oil line through the water jacket on the splash oiler engines.
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!
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Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 127 | The greenish/greyish line hat NAPA sells works well except when flaring. The coating needs to be removed from the area clamped in the flaring tool otherwise it slips and that coating clogs the grooves in the tool. All of this I just learned last week.Trust me there is nothing more frustrating than a perfectly bent line cut to the perfect length and you cant get it to flare properly :mad:
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