fuel line coupling

[rellik god]

does any one know where i can find the female fuel
line coupling which is on the frame. i can only find the
male one

[Lincolnmania]

i know advance auto parts has them in the help section.....they are not cheap

[1987cp]

ditto that - I assume you mean the kind that slide over and lock with a plastic clip like on the fuel pump? I've determined that the easiest solution there is to use a compression fitting and a barb adapter and kind of sidestep the problem that way.

[Lincolnmania]

dont any of you guys know how to do a double flare?

[1987cp]

I do, but doing large steel lines with the tools I've got is a dicey process, so I've started avoiding it when possible. I've read about a much nicer type of double-flaring tool that's basically a block of metal (or rather, two blocks that bolt together) with an integral machined mandrel that would work a lot better than the regular-flaring-tool-with-auxiliary-mandrels version I've used - but it appears based on my limited research to be next to impossible to find. I would *assume* that aluminum line is quite a bit easier to work with, but the stock lines as well as the stuff that's easily available from the usual parts-store locations is kind of made of steel!

(Edit: this here is sort of similar to what I was thinking of, but probably a good deal nicer.)

What do you usually do for consistent double-flares, especially on stuff larger than 5/16"?

[Lincolnmania]

ooh that's fancy.....bulky tho.....i got the little handheld dealio and strong hands i guess......maybe i should come out of the 50's hehe.....just no compression fittings on brake lines please

[1987cp]

Yeah, I don't usually have too much trouble turning the expander thing, it's the fact that the tubes usually slide out of the bar thing and don't flare at all, or else get cockeyed and make a bad flare that I then have to cut off and start over. Maybe a proper deburring tool would help quality when a flare happens, but I've used three different tools with no luck with the sliding-out part. Maybe I should try filing down the mating faces of the bar parts in hopes that they can clamp tubes more firmly?

[rellik god]

coupling

on the to connect coupling side #2
i need the female part its metal and has
barb end for 5/16 fuel line

[Lincolnmania]

i dont know of any spring lock connectors on the frame.....the ones on the frame use a little horseshoe shaped retaining clip

[gadget73]

I think the plastic lines from frame to engine have a spring lock down there, but thats it. Is that the one you're talking about?

[rellik god]

yes

[gadget73]

hm then, not sure if I've seen those. Worst case, you could always whack the springlock off the line on the engine, and use high pressure rubber fuel line to connect the steel line on the frame to the line on the engine. If you do, just make sure you use the clamps designed for efi fuel line. They're designed to clamp evenly and not pinch like the worm drive jobbers do.