Fuel line replacement, What to look out for Options

[DavidSweden]

I am currently repairing the rust / replacing metal on the driver side longs and floor pan. While I have the car up in the air and the engine out I would like to replace the plastic fuel lines that go thru the tunnel, the car smells of gas and i dont want to risk a fire

Questions;
I was thinking about using 6mm stainless tubing. Is the choice of tubing good?
It seems a pretty straightforward jobb, is there anything I need to consider/watch out for before pulling out the existing plastic tubes.

Thanks

[napasteve]

It was a PITA to feed the lines from the engine compartment thru the tunnel. I had a helper and I don't think I could have done it without him. Note that we did the installation with the engine in place. Here is a picture of the installed lines:



Here is a picture of the lines poking out up front under the fuel tank:



Initially I used a short length of fuel hose to connect the bottom of the fuel tank to the SS lines. When I re-installed the fuel tank, the supply line was pinched. (the easiest way to test whether or not the line is clear is to just blow into the line back in the engine compartment once the tank is in place. Note that the return line is very clear and easy to blow thru unlike the supply line which has a screen up in the tank that offers a little resistance to air flow) So I pulled the tank and made loops with about 22" of rubber fuel line for each of the 2 lines such that the loops did not pinch when I put the tank back in.

You just need to look at the orientation of the SS lines and the lines coming out of the bottom of the tank and figure out the best way to connect them. Some on this board have suggested that you re-attach the hoses after the tank is in place using the access hole under the tank. My fat hands are way too big to do that so I used the loop method.