IO_303

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So I bought a FB that was a LS1 swap that I am converting back to rotary. The first major issue I have hit is the fuel system. All the hard lines have been striped. I bought a coil of hard line to make my own, but for some reason I have the flairing skills of a drunk toddler. I am also unable to source the stock hard lines locally. I was thinking of going braided with stock fuel pump to make my life a little easier. Fittings are expensive and I was trying to avoid over buying. Could you take a look at my parts list below and see if I am missing anything.


2 AN6 to 5/16 barbed fittings(feed)
2 AN6 to 1/4 barbed fitting(return)
4 AN6 hose ends
AN6 brackets for mounting to chassis.

eprx799

iTrader: (8)

I had stainless steel lines custom made locally by a company called Fine Lines. I gave them my old lines and the copied them. I know you said you don't have the old lines but you may be able to find a local shop that does the same thing.

craaaazzy

iTrader: (9)

get steel hard lines and bend them urself. i borrowed the autozone line bender (smaller one works better) and used my jack's handle to provide leverage. worked great. then have flares done so u can attach an fittings.

look at post 351 from my build thread for some pics.

Freeskier7791

Theres no need to spend crazy money on AN braided, maybe see if a shop can help you with flaring and bending.

NISxMO

I don't know if flaring brake lines and fuel lines are the same thing but, after repeatedly learning the hard way on brake lines, I realized that every single time I tried I was "over flaring the line."

Make sure you are not tightening the flare tool down all the way so that the line has extra material to help seat and seal with the coupler/nut. If fuel lines have similar attachment points use the tightened when you are connecting the lines to finish the "flaring"

After I figured that out I haven't had a problem since.