Ok, I can see how this can be confusing. This is not intended to be rude, I can assure you. I very much hope that no one is offended but the following comments because I mean no harm. I am gonna try to change the sentences around because I poorly put them together in a confusing manner.

The truck and the motor are two different objects. Think as if I didnt do a motor swap, and the original parts were never changed(I knew my fuel rails were different, I junked the 1999 fuel rail because I knew it would not mate up with the fuel line on the 1997 body, therefore I put the 1997 fuel rail on the 1999 engine going in to 1997 body). The fuel rail and hose are 1997. There are no more 1999 parts, they are in the scrap bin now.

Engine: 1999
Body: 1997
Fuel rail: 1997
Fuel line: 1997
Fuel line retaining clip: 1 @ 1997

And it is the female type fuel rail style.

I dont see how I can explain it any different than that.

Also, I am grateful for the patience of the members/mods for breaking this down with me!

 

I would have to say again, that you simply have a damaged supply line/hose. That first hose is fairly short and easily replaced, as it does not go all the way to the tank. Dealer part though.

 

Oh ok that doesn't sound so bad. I was even considering gambling on a new rail and line from the junkyard since the 1999 donor truck has been sold.

 

It's probably not something you should screw around with jy part's for. Of course it would not hurt to look at a rail in the jy and make sure the nipple on yours is not broke or damaged in some way. But, I think it's just the supply line. Better off getting it new.

 

I hear ya loud and clear.

But the thing that bothers me is the info about two clips. If I could just get a picture of the system with the two clips.... I looked at the local junkyard and those rails were different than mine. I went to the dealer with both vins ('99 & '97) and they pulled up a rail different than either truck was equipped with, so the dealer is of no help on this one.

 

I could be wrong , but, I think the two clip system is only in use when the black plastic rail is used.

 

Maybe these pics will help

 

I agree that you damaged the fitting by using the method you chose to remove it. All you need is a new flex line. The flex line is ~4 feet in length and mates under the firewall area, under the driver side door. There's a quick connect fitting there so, all you need to remove that is simply to press in the two mechanical retention tabs while sliding the flex line out of the fitting.

The thing that's odd as, there's two style of rails and, two styles of fittings so, the question is, what rail came off your 97. I have a 96 and, it's had mail inlet rails and, the rails were cold rolled steel. I didn't think that they switched design until 99-2000 era. So, if the dealer pulled up two that don't fit, something is not making too much sense hardware wise.

Can someone comment on the rail type on your 97 - mail / female inlet. I'd like to find this out anyway just to get the facts.

CM

 

Robert, if you look at these pics here, these are male inlets (protrusions) at the rails and, this is standard with fuel setups. This is how those types of fuel rails are setup- male inlets. Same with the fuel pump- it has a male protrusion that the line mates with.

So, I am not sure if your confusing inlet with fittings or vice versa but, I am somewhat sure this is the case here. I just referred to my manual here and it too, shows the later years are still using male inlets at the rails so, there's not been a change over to a female inlet. You have a female FITTING that couples to the male INLET. Not, that you've got a female INLET and a male FITTING.

Same with racing lines that I run- those are the same exact way- you will not find a female fitting at the rail inlet- ever. Male inlets to a female fitting - this is the standard to couple a fuel line to a fuel rail.

There's two types of failsafe clips and they are as follows:

1. Type 1: which is a single latch type that has a tie back to tether the failsafe mechanism to the line.

2. Type 2: is a dual type of latch that is NOT tethered to the line. This type of latch snaps into place and, has two separate latches which are easily identifiable.

See Pic below.

IN BOTH cases, you will need a special tool to remove the lines once the failsafe clips have been removed.

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CM

 

Either way CM, both those pics you posted are just the failsafe/safety clips. If either one of those clips in those pics were gone, the line would still be secured to the fuel rail.