Threading Plastic Fuel Lines Through The Tunnel, Would this work? Options

[JawjaPorsche]

I still have my plastic tunnel fuel lines. I am planning to replace them.

There has been a discussion going on in the classifies about newer more improved plastic fuel lines than we had in our teeners originally.

My question is this. If I got the new plastic fuel lines and made sure they were about one foot longer than needed. Why? Would it be possible to get something like a wood dowel and glue and stick them together and pull the old line out while someone is gently pushing the new one in! If it worked, just cut over the unneeded line.

Would this work or is it just wishful thinking?

Here is discussion on classifies:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=203468

[Tom_T]

I still have my plastic tunnel fuel lines. I am planning to replace them.

There has been a discussion going on in the classifies about newer more improved plastic fuel lines than we had in our teeners originally.

My question is this. If I got the new plastic fuel lines and made sure they were about one foot longer than needed. Why? Would it be possible to get something like a wood dowel and glue and stick them together and pull the old line out while someone is gently pushing the new one in! If it worked, just cut over the unneeded line.

Would this work or is it just wishful thinking?

Here is discussion on classifies:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=203468

You're like me, & will keep your 914 forever, so IMHO go to the permanently durable SS lines, per our discussion at that link above & others on here.

The fact that the original plastic lines used aluminum inserts at the ends tells you that even VW-Porsche felt the metal was necessary - at least at the connection nipples. They went with plastic for cost savings on a $3-5000 "entry level" P-car.

They did a similar thing with the plastic coolant lines on the 03-06 Cayennes, until those caused so much problems that they changed to aluminum in the 08 series 2, & offered a retrofit for the series 1 SUVs. Our 914s never got a chance for "series 2," but my bet that price increases & the start of early tunnel line deterioration in hot/dry SW USA climates in the late 70s & 80s, would've had them switch - had a series 2 914 been continued.

Today our 914 are collectible classics & will only gain in value, so why not do it right with SS one time now, in the way Porsche should've done it originally?

As for the pull, that copper wire idea is probably the way to go, because you're screwed if the dowel pulls out part way along, whereas the wire probably won't break. Dan's idea/method is pure genius! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)