rear fuel line between tank & fuel pump?
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Has anyone replaced that rubber fuel line and the metal "hump" line that goes over the left rear lower trailing arm?
I think that area is the same for both Griffith & Chimeras...
My metal line ( the one with the "hump"..) is dangerously close to having it hit by the trailing arm. So close that it would be hit by the training arm if the arm moved up by a hard bump in the road. I want to move it back so that the metal "hump" line is more directly over the lower trailing arm so that the arm would never hit the metal "hump" line. Has anyone done this?
Also: has anyone removed the rubber coating where the fuel line exits the lower back of the fiberglass trunk?
I'd like to remove the material around the fuel line there, but not sure what's behind it. Doing that would help me re-position the rubber line & metal line to fit aver the rear trailing arm better and eliminate the potential of the trailing arm hitting the metal "hump" fuel line.
Any help or suggestions? Insights? tricks to getting this done? ( I have a full storage lift so I can easily work standing up underneath the Griff.)
Thxs for any/all advice!
I think that area is the same for both Griffith & Chimeras...
My metal line ( the one with the "hump"..) is dangerously close to having it hit by the trailing arm. So close that it would be hit by the training arm if the arm moved up by a hard bump in the road. I want to move it back so that the metal "hump" line is more directly over the lower trailing arm so that the arm would never hit the metal "hump" line. Has anyone done this?
Also: has anyone removed the rubber coating where the fuel line exits the lower back of the fiberglass trunk?
I'd like to remove the material around the fuel line there, but not sure what's behind it. Doing that would help me re-position the rubber line & metal line to fit aver the rear trailing arm better and eliminate the potential of the trailing arm hitting the metal "hump" fuel line.
Any help or suggestions? Insights? tricks to getting this done? ( I have a full storage lift so I can easily work standing up underneath the Griff.)
Thxs for any/all advice!
I am going to say that your car is a retro fit bend, early cars did not have the joggle pipe, (early cars simply had a piece of pipe and a piece of rubber glued to the wishbone so it 'sort off' protected the hose). You might simply need to look at the pipe and replace it for the correct pipe with a higher hump. I have seen smaller OD pipe fitted, leaving more clearance too. A@
Edited by Adrian@ on Wednesday 26th November 20:16
I faced this issue last year when refurbing the chassis. The brass pipe has screwdriver marks in it, presumably from previous attempts to get the pipe off, some of them very deep to the point of almost piercing.
In the end I replaced the pipe with a braided fuel hose and made it longer than was required so when I fitted the pump it formed a natural hump over the wishbone, much further away than the original tube. Checked it recently and not a mark on it.
In the end I replaced the pipe with a braided fuel hose and made it longer than was required so when I fitted the pump it formed a natural hump over the wishbone, much further away than the original tube. Checked it recently and not a mark on it.
The tank end of that line just behind the trailing arm has a worm drive clamp securing it to the metal "hump" / joggle metal tubing.
That worm drive clamp is "very" close to the side of the trialing arm. If I loosen it even a little, fuel starts to leak ( and the tank is full for winter storage ), so I don't want to create a mess by trying to fully remove that clamp.
Can I remove some of the rubberized material from the fiberglass area where the fuel line goes into the fiberglass area behind the gas tank?
Maybe doing that would give me some room to move the whole line back towards the gas tank and get the "hump / joggle tube in the right place with the hump directly over the trailing arm so when the trailing arm moves it doesn't hit the pipe?
Just not sure what's behind the rubberized area where the guel line comes out of the inside of the trunk.......sure don't want to make a mess!
Thxs for any & all advice!
That worm drive clamp is "very" close to the side of the trialing arm. If I loosen it even a little, fuel starts to leak ( and the tank is full for winter storage ), so I don't want to create a mess by trying to fully remove that clamp.
Can I remove some of the rubberized material from the fiberglass area where the fuel line goes into the fiberglass area behind the gas tank?
Maybe doing that would give me some room to move the whole line back towards the gas tank and get the "hump / joggle tube in the right place with the hump directly over the trailing arm so when the trailing arm moves it doesn't hit the pipe?
Just not sure what's behind the rubberized area where the guel line comes out of the inside of the trunk.......sure don't want to make a mess!
Thxs for any & all advice!
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