Hey fellas; on my 1991 dakoka, i went to replace the fuel filter(located on the frame rail) and the short lengths of factory rubber hose that are machined onto the metal line....disintegrated on both sides of the filter. Is there a way to repair this without having to replace the entire fuel line? Can i cut the metal line with a tubing cutter and push some new hose on and clamp it real good? hope so.

thanks

 

Should be fine. Use fuel rated hose and add some clamps so it stays put.

 

While i love your response, which is very gratifying to me, my "mechanic buddy" is flipping out and saying that the fuel Pressure is So Frightfully Immense that the repair would Blow off! i can not see any other alternative myself. I have another bud who imagines some type of new fangled connectors but he has yet to find me one. Thanks for the input!

 

Fuel pressure is frightfully immense? From what source is he providing this information from? Lol

 

I second that emotion!

 

If you don't flare the metal line then push the hose over the flare and clamp it the hose will blow off. Even double clamping, it kept blowing off my truck. Flaring it was the only way I got it to stop.

 

Fuel pressure is 32psi+ on these. as little as 1psi might cause a leak if the fitting is not secure. 32+ psi against a slipped on hose and hose clamp is something I would not risk except for a short trip to go get the correct fitting. I have seen 5psi move over 100 feet of pipe and separate it at the joints because we didn't think it was so high a pressure we needed to secure the pipe. Can you show us a picture of the fittings left after the rubber disintegrated?

 

Was that a flare, a double flare or a bubble flare? I've never used a flaretool before..should be fun :/

 

There are no fittings; the two short lengths of rubber line go from the fuel filter to the metal line and the rubber hose is factory machined onto the metal. there is no fitting to work with.

 

I'm thinking that the "factory machined" part is the fitting.