Fuel pump to carburetor line

[1985dangerranger]

Hey guys I’m in need of a fuel pump to carburetor gas line for my 1985 can’t find one anywhere online and my scrapyard doesn’t have any rangers rn

 

[1985dangerranger]

It’s a 2.8l

 

[Dirtman]

Just buy a length of rubber fuel line at any auto parts store.

 

[1985dangerranger]

it’s a metal line that threads into the carburetor

 

[ericbphoto]

Buy a brass barbed hose fitting to thread into the carb. Attach hose to barbed fitting. Same on the other end if necessary. Or you could get fancy, if you’re rich, and buy fittings and copper tubing to do the same thing.

 

[Dirtman]

Yea its not a high pressure system. The line does not need to be metal at all.

 

[Shran]

You can use metal if you want, buy a piece of brake line with the correct fittings for your carb, bend it up to fit, use some fittings on the other end to convert to a barb fitting or whatever and run rubber line from there. Supposedly metal lines can help prevent vapor lock or so I've heard, probably not necessary though.

We used 5/16 or 1/4? steel brake line for fuel lines on a mud truck several years ago. That was an EFI setup too, worked great.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I use brake line for my antique tractors.

Watch for any rubbing points ESPECIALLY if you use rubber.

You do not want the fuel line to rub thru and leak on top of your engine.

Everybody has gone to the fancy niccop brake line but I would almost try to find steel to help with wearing thru.

 

[franklin2]

I like a hard line for that also. Rubber is going to eventually fail. They make universal lines you can buy in the store. If you do buy the nickel/copper line you can easily bend it by hand.

Also be careful with the carb fitting. If it has a cone seat in it to seal, a threaded barb fitting is not really the correct thread and can damage the carb threads. It needs to be a flared fitting if it has a cone seat in it.

 

[19Walt93]

I always bend up a piece of steel line, copper's too soft and won't hold the shape as well and I don't like having long sections of rubber hose. It'll take less time to bend up a steel line than it will to put out the fire when the rubber hose chafes through.

 

[franklin2]

I always bend up a piece of steel line, copper's too soft and won't hold the shape as well and I don't like having long sections of rubber hose. It'll take less time to bend up a steel line than it will to put out the fire when the rubber hose chafes through.

Have you tried the new nickel/copper brake line they have in the store? While it's a little bit expensive, it's great to work with. Does not corrode, and it's very easy to bend and flare. It's not pure soft copper.

 

[ericbphoto]

With regular copper, you get the opportunity to go out there once a week with a wad of Nev-R-Dull and polish it up again so it looks all nice and coppery.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I don't think I would use pure copper line unless temporary. It work-hardens with vibrations and can crack at the fitting.

 

[RonD]

Yes, +1 to bendable brake line, you can use straight brake line in the frame rail which is cheaper, the the bendable stuff to tank and carb which costs more

 

[19Walt93]

I'm not sure what bendable brake line is. I use regular steel tubing and a tubing bender, when I worked as a mechanic everyday I had enough strength in my hands to not need a bender. Gas burns, why risk a vehicle taking the easy way out of making fuel lines?