Plastic fuel lines, Keep or ditch Options

[930cabman]

I see a few companies are selling new stainless steel fuel lines, new fuel lines on our 50 years old cars is generally not a bad idea, but how about if they appear to be in good condition? The feed line on our car is about 10mm OD with a 1mm wall. While we are in there should they be replaced for good measure.

Thanks

[wonkipop]

@ bkrantz

yes, i locked in on those tabs.

was more concerned at the front end where i had to get lines up and over the pedal linkage axles. a bit hard to explain but with rhd conversion there are axles coming through from rhs that you run right across tunnel. rhd 911 is similar.
the lines have to rise up over those and then turn and rise again to get out through the front firewall. where i was worried about vibrations. was a bastard getting those convolutions right and it made feeding the lines down the length of the car that little bit harder. lots of walking away, quiet cig and then another go at it.

added complication in a rhd car in the under engine bay area. the handbrake lines you swap over to the rhs sill. just another cable that wants to make life complicated where you are bringing the fuel lines out of the tunnel and working along the back of the firewall. you are dealing with the rigid curved pipe penetration for the handbrake cable that is on the lhs of normal cars. imagine the whole lhs side set up mirrored and taken across.

be thankful you have lhd cars.

@ mepstein - re smelling gas. i have noticed i occasionally get a faint smell of petrol in the engine bay. but no leaks. the smell goes away after a run. i am pretty sure its a saturated charcoal cannister. thats were my nose has been leading me. seems to build up while the car is standing.

my plastic fuel lines were nearly as bad as yours in photo but not quite. the flexible ones were in better shape. probably because i put all new ones in back around 92.

here is a shot of the plastic lines after i pulled them out. what i meant about them keeping their shape through the tunnel.