Fuel lines
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Thanks I’ll look there.Basically what I think is happening is the return line cracked. So I’m thinking about just replacing them from the fuel filter back.Does anyone happen to know what size the fuel line return is? Should I be able to just cut it before where it’s cracked and replace it with a steel braided line or something?Thanks Joe
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If it's like my 90 there's a rubber hose to isolate the hard fuel line from the tank. The hard line has a flared end...a hose clamp holds it to the steel line and to the barbed fuel hat fitting.
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Here’s a little update for anyone who is having fuel line leaks.. Make sure you buy enough fuel line. I had a small leak from the return line, fixed that leak then another leak started because the lines were so rusted. Then I fixed that new leak and wouldn’t you know it I had another leak lol.Ended up just buying 5 feet and went all the way from by the fuel take to the front of the truck where the lines were rusted. So my point here is if anyone has a leak make sure you get plenty of hose. This was just a patch to make it through the winter. This summer I’m going to put some braided steel lines on and redo brake lines also.
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Something to consider - while redoing the brake lines, use some of the brake line (especially if you can do a bubble flare! Or at least start one) and run new hard lines between the tank and the front of the truck.
I lost the nylon lines on my wife's Cougar one night due to a "road lizard" (chunk of tire off a truck) banging into them and putting a hole in them.
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I lost the nylon lines on my wife's Cougar one night due to a "road lizard" (chunk of tire off a truck) banging into them and putting a hole in them.
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Something to consider - while redoing the brake lines, use some of the brake line (especially if you can do a bubble flare! Or at least start one) and run new hard lines between the tank and the front of the truck.
I lost the nylon lines on my wife's Cougar one night due to a "road lizard" (chunk of tire off a truck) banging into them and putting a hole in them.
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I lost the nylon lines on my wife's Cougar one night due to a "road lizard" (chunk of tire off a truck) banging into them and putting a hole in them.
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So your saying to use a metal line when possible? Yeah that’s does make sense. I’m hoping the braided lines will be good. I can’t believe how easy the fuel lines were to fix up though lol. I wouldn’t consider myself mechanically inclined at all either
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Something to consider - while redoing the brake lines, use some of the brake line (especially if you can do a bubble flare! Or at least start one) and run new hard lines between the tank and the front of the truck.
I lost the nylon lines on my wife's Cougar one night due to a "road lizard" (chunk of tire off a truck) banging into them and putting a hole in them.
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I lost the nylon lines on my wife's Cougar one night due to a "road lizard" (chunk of tire off a truck) banging into them and putting a hole in them.
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The bubble flares are to give you a "grip" for the rubber transition hoses at each end; they also sell a "flarer" that does the rim, or even three rims, in order to make a better seal. That's why you bubble flare them.
OTOH, I used two hose clamps spun 180* at each end when I did the repair laying under the Cougar on I-49 in Arkansas *grins*
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OTOH, I used two hose clamps spun 180* at each end when I did the repair laying under the Cougar on I-49 in Arkansas *grins*
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