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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>I’ve an interesting dilemma. When I got my car years ago, the fuel line was cut off near the carbs—i.e., no fitting. At the time, a rubber hose was simple attached with a standard hose clamp. Last time I had the engine out in 2004-2005, I fabricated a steel fuel line, used a compression fitting to attach it to the end of the vertical line, and installed a glass bowl filter. I was pretty happy with my pipe bending prowess for an amateur. (See the attached photo. And yes, I know I have a fuel line and glass bowl sitting ahead of the engine mass, a clear fire danger in a collision. But it is aft of the steering box, so I figure I may burn up after I’ve been impaled by the steering column.) Anyway, the Moss BN7 fuel line at the time was a 5/16 standard flare, and that was later replaced after around 5 years with another 5/16 standard flare braided steel line, this one with black and red tracers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>The trouble now is that the BN7 flex lines I got from both AH Spares and Moss have a different nipple inside the female connector; it’s not a conical flair, and while it seems to go on the fuel rail, albeit with some difficulty, it won’t fit on the 5/16 flare connection from the filter. I don’t know what happened to the old flare style hose, but right now I’m stuck using a 5 year old fuel line. I’m investigating custom hose manufacturers, but I wonder if anyone on the list has a source for the braided lines with the black and red tracers, or any 5/16 flair braided fuel line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>