Q about fuel lines?

RUSTY Cuda

RUSTY Cuda

In over my head!
was gonna order last night, year one has them listed as mild steel, 71 & 76 bucks for the supply & return, go to checkout & they want 61 bucks to ship, geeze they way 2 friggen pounds, so i go check out herbs, 59 each & shipping is 16 & change, a tad more like it, here's the question, herbs lists them as OS aluminum, whatever that is? am I good to go there or should I look for someone else that has mild steel with reasonable shipping??????? ! Rich.
 
I HAVE used 1/4 soft copper / then i don,t worry about rust and then when i clean an engine it looks cool to see the copper shinin/ just a thot-ORVIL:Fresh Meds:
 
Nothing wrong with using the aluminum lines Rusty. ;)

As for the copper, sure it will work but have you seen the price of copper these days? :eek:
 
its cheeper imo to buy a small roll of aluminum tube and bend em yourself ..this way you can reroute some of the stupidity that the factory did
 
Reminds me of a very old joke- women walks into a haberdasher's and says , "Andre! I need a unique hat for this evening's dance! Can you help me?" Andre grabs a spool of wide black ribbon, pulls off several feet, twists and pins it, then puts it on her head. She shrieks, "Andre! It's stunning! How much do I owe you?" Andre says, "Five hundred dollars." She replies, "Five hundred dollars! For some ribbon!" Andre grabs the hat, pulls out the pins, and tosses her the length of ribbon saying, "Madame, the ribbon is free."

You're paying for the bends to be in the precisely correct spot, and the shipping is so expensive 'cause they very gently put some large radius bends in the straight parts and pack it in as big of a box they can. When you unpack it you have a helper hold one end and straighten it out against the floor.

Me, I'm as cheap as they come; but I can't bend tubing to save my life. I'll either order the steel or arrange to pick it up at a show or something when that time arrives.
 
I've done a few cars with 3/8" stainless fuel line.
Yes it is harder to bend, but well worth it.
A little scotchbrite on em' and they look purty.......

I've also bent 3/16" brake line out of stainless.

John
 
Diplomat_Wagon said:
Like how F/M/J bodies have the front part of the fuel line going INSIDE the frame rail. :doh:
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that was fun:bwuhaha: it's also the rail I need to weld on :eek:
 
aluminum fuel line is super easy to bend into the shape you want...ive bent with steel a few times and its hard work on some bends...brake lines are MUCH easyer...fuel i prefer working with aluminum
 
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