Fuel line replacement, Can I use 3/8" ID hose? Options

[chris914]

My car has dual carbs on it now. I only need to run one fuel line to the back. It has the stock fuel lines which I want to replace. The fuel pump has 3/8" lines and the carbs have 5/16". I going to run some Earls fuel line to the front and replace the old lines. Can I do it with 3/8" hose? Can I clamp a 3/8" line onto the nipple on the gas tank? Has anyone done that before?

[chris914]

QUOTE (3liter914-6 @ Mar 24 2005, 03:47 PM)

I ran flexible hose, 3/8" Aeroquip socketless, from the gas tank back to the fuel pump on my /6. Took some work as it doesn't fish through as nicely as a hard line. Is this what you're trying to do? I'm actually just finishing up redoing it as I decided I didn't feel the hose was abrasion resistant enough for me to feel comfortable. If it is what you're trying to do, you'll have to open the openings in the rear firewall to pull them through. I recommend still getting a long piece of 3/8" line, run it up to the front of the car from the engine compartment, attach the hose and use the line to pull the hose back through. The 3/8" hose fit fine for me btw, so fine in fact that when I disconnect from the tank nipple I actually have to cut the line, then cut a slit in the piece over the nipple to get it off.

Yes I'm going to run a fexible line for now. When I take the motor out again I was going to run a hard line. Thanks.