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Offline flybox1

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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #25 on: July 18, 2016, 07:00:52 AM »
Slightly off-topic but wondered who sells oem spec. carb. bowl vent hose,you know the tiny hoses that connect to the bowl vents ? That stuff is black,metric and small and I can't find any.I'd like to find a deal on a bulk roll if possible..
I looked for quite a while, but was redirected to automotive wiper hose for my overflows....and it fits the vent nipple, too.
10' is just a few bucks. 
Yeah, it gets hard over time if it lives in gas, but really...who around here has that sort of carb overflow issue?!?  ::) ;D
I've had my set of bowl hoses for nearly 3 years.  Ive used them to drain my bowls several times, and they have held up just fine. ;)
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #26 on: July 18, 2016, 10:57:12 AM »
automotive ww hose,that makes sense;what's a quality brand to buy flybox? like Goodyear,etc. ?
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #27 on: July 18, 2016, 11:05:57 AM »
Black & cheap is the brand I buy ;D 
Makes it less of an issue if you gotta replace it and it looks good ;)
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #28 on: July 18, 2016, 02:02:12 PM »
Cheap black hose did not work for me. It did not cope with Shell V-Power fuel. Hose became very soft and got kinks blocking the fuel to carbs within a week or 2. No China made hose for fuel, its a safety part.

I searched for fuel hoses made in UK, Germany and USA. Found Gates Barricade for fuel injection and made for all kind of fuels. No problem with Shell V-Power. 6mm from petcock (old style with dual pipes), adapters for 8mm hose that fit my carbs.
I guess that all kind of fuels will make the cheap metal braided China #$%* soft and dangerous.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #29 on: July 18, 2016, 02:10:55 PM »
Yeah...there's no way i'd use the cheap stuff between my tank and my carb bowls....those sit in gas all year round.  Tygon it is.
The overflows are a different issue, however. 
If your carbs are right and don't leak, (or you're building a museum piece repro) who cares what you use for the overflow tubes  ;)
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