I was shocked by the price too and used some stuff I found at MSC for about
3 per foot. Not as cheap as yours but it's the same stuff as Nissan used.
Soak the line in some gas for a while and see how it reacts. The Nissan line
is formed so don't cut it to the same length - cut it longer so it doesn't
kink and cut off fuel delivery to the jet.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian St. Jacques" <brian@varatouch.com>
To: "Datsun-Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 5:19 PM
Subject: Fuel Line Replacement
> In the process of rebuilding my carbs and gathering all of the parts
> together, I was quite shocked to see the cost of a replacement fuel line
to
> go from the float bowl to the nozzle on the carb. Knowing this had to be
> heat resistant, gasoline tolerant, and very flexible to allow the choke to
> work right, I started racking my brain for another source of the same type
> of line where it may be sold in larger quantity for a reduced price, or
> another material to use. Well, I was tinkering around with my gas powered
RC
> car and noticed the fuel line...extremely flexible and routed right next
to
> the rather hot cylinder head...but a little too small to fit on the SU's.
At
> the local hobby shop they had some bigger stuff for the model airplane
> engines. Advertised as silicone line, formulated specifically to carry
fuel,
> resist heat, and resist pinhole leaks. I picked up a package of 3 feet for
> $3. The RC engines usually run on a nitro methane mix fuel, so I read
> everything looking for warnings etc. to see if it was incompatible with
> regular gasoline, but it is just labeled as fuel line with nothing
specific
> mentioned about the type of fuel. So hopefully this will be a viable
> replacement for the fuel line on the SU's. Does anyone have any experience
> or knowledge about using this type of line for this application?
>
> Brian
> '68 1600
>
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