Ok, weather is getting nice enough to crawl under my car, so I'm thinking about what I can afford to do this year.
On my list of things to do is replace all the fuel and brake lines (hard lines included).
The reason I want to replace the lines is because of what I saw when I dropped the fuel tank to get the spare tire well welded two years ago - the fuel line going into the pump was very thin walled - so after 25ish years, I guess the flow of liquid has worn them down some.
Questions:
#1 Is there a better option than ordering oem replacements, or bending my own lines? I do not want to do this ever again, and I anticipate keeping this car for 30 years or so. I know that I want to replace the rubber hoses with braided stainless - is there something like that for the hard lines?
#2 How much of the underside of the car do I need to dis-assemble to run fuel and brake lines (I know I need to drop the tank for sure, done that once already)
#3 What is the scope of this job? Weekend, couple weekends, car on blocks for the summer?
I'm not a mechanic, I'm an engineering technician - sort of part millwright, part engineer, so I don't know cars (yet) as well as I'd like, but I'm familiar with the systems in it, except electrical stuff, that still baffles me.
**EDIT: I just realized this is probably in the wrong forum - it should be under MkIII general, so if one of the mods could move it, I would appreciate it.
On my list of things to do is replace all the fuel and brake lines (hard lines included).
The reason I want to replace the lines is because of what I saw when I dropped the fuel tank to get the spare tire well welded two years ago - the fuel line going into the pump was very thin walled - so after 25ish years, I guess the flow of liquid has worn them down some.
Questions:
#1 Is there a better option than ordering oem replacements, or bending my own lines? I do not want to do this ever again, and I anticipate keeping this car for 30 years or so. I know that I want to replace the rubber hoses with braided stainless - is there something like that for the hard lines?
#2 How much of the underside of the car do I need to dis-assemble to run fuel and brake lines (I know I need to drop the tank for sure, done that once already)
#3 What is the scope of this job? Weekend, couple weekends, car on blocks for the summer?
I'm not a mechanic, I'm an engineering technician - sort of part millwright, part engineer, so I don't know cars (yet) as well as I'd like, but I'm familiar with the systems in it, except electrical stuff, that still baffles me.
**EDIT: I just realized this is probably in the wrong forum - it should be under MkIII general, so if one of the mods could move it, I would appreciate it.
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thanks.
