Fuel Tank Removal Options

[watsonrx13]

I've begun my fuel delivery upgrade with the removal of the fuel tank. Everything went as planned until I needed to remove the tank from the car. The article, from PP, suggested that I lift the passenger side and cut the fuel lines at the bottom of the tank. I was unable to lift the tank high enough on the passenger side, but I was able to lift it on the drivers side (the rubber lines were about 4" long). The only way I was able to cut the lines was with a hacksaw blade. After removing the tank from the car, the next problem I ran into was removing the metal fuel lines from the bottom on the tank.
After removing the large nut, how do I remove the line (see attached pic)?
Do I need to keep the larger line (3/8") or the smaller line (5/16") if I'm running dual webers?

[Brad Roberts]

So.. the PP site didnt say a damn thing about pulling the splash shield out from under the car and reaching up (you can see them from under the car) and cutting them from below ??LOL

Your playing with fire by removing those lines... If I recall correctly..the seals below them are NLA (No Longer Available) sooo unless they are leaking.. leave them alone and use some 3M scotch bright to clean them up.

I would leave both lines in place and cap the return line back near the firewall. This will allow gas to stay in the plastic lines in case you hate carbs 3 years from now and decide to go back to injection (or convert the car to 6 cyl w/Motronic.


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