I purchase 3' at NAPA. It was straight, but wire inside and it bent almost 90 degrees without kinking. Good for all types of fuel.
NAPA has several kinds available, straight and ribbed and a version with a premolded 90 degree on 1 end. Often folks use aluminized exhaust pipe as connectors or as a main pipe with short pieces to make the connections. And PS, coolant hose and fuel hose are different, fuel will junk coolant hose. Good luck!
Radiator hoses aren't fuel rated and don't hold up as well. You might be able to get fuel rated filler neck hose at a shop that does fuel tank repair, or maybe a truck fabrication shop if there's any in your area. If you can figure out an O.E. application that will work for you, you might be able to still order a new one from a dealer. But the molded ones can be sort of spendy.
Thanks, I wasn't sure they would have a selection so I can get what I need. I wonder how resistant to gas a radiator hose would be? Not sure I would trust that solution. I'll give NAPA a try tomorrow.
http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=results/Category_ID=62/home_id=-1/mode=cat/cat62.htm Try these guys. I'll be needing one soon, I hope, too. Blue
You can get fuel resistant hose for fill necks from Fuel Safe or ATL - they both make very fine fuel cells and have related components such as fill hoses etc Best John
Radiator hose will deteriorate from the fuel... you need to buy specific gas tank hose, my o'reilly's had 3 hoses that were fuel tanks and were $25 each... I used only 6" of it and kept the rest for another project.
Never ever use "substitute" rubber products for fuel resistant correct products. It's a major "accident" waiting to happen, usually involving roaring flames.
ONE more vote for NAPA, they usually cut you off what ever you want from bulk hose about three ft long and sell it to you by the inch.. Here is the Napa list of fuel hoses they have though. http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/R...ose&Ntk=Keyword&Nty=1&N=4294924511&Ne=1000000
Definitely DONT use radiator hose... the PO of my last econoline did and when I dropped the tank the hose practically fell apart in my hands. The two layers seperated from each other and I had to clean all sorts of shreds of rubber out of the tank/lines/carb. Not fun.
No radiator hose for me. Don't worry about that. Napa has one in stock and I will pick it up tomorrow. I'm putting in a 26 gallon tank for the long hauls.
The Napa Stuff is great, I just did this today, a 90, a 45 and a 45 degree curved exhaust section and everything looks great and works safe. The non ribbed pipe also has a little flex in it which makes fitting everything up that bit easier.
no, just standard hose clamps. I bought some exhaust tube with the creased inner diameter and cut it so that the clamp would get a purchase behind the first rib of the bend once the Gas hose was fitted over it...does that make sense?.. Once mock up is completely finished and I have it dialed in I will run a little gas safe sealer round each end and clamp it all good and tight. Im just using standard hose clamps on the ends too because the tank neck and the external filler i'm using are threaded so the rubber should bite in pretty good and snug when the clamp is tightened round it...
Just went looking for fuel filler hose in my area, and had the opposite problem. Everyone carried 45 and 90 degree pieces, but a simple straight 2" hose was impossible to find in short lengths. Nobody carried stock they were willing to cut, just 2' or longer. At $20 a ft. I didn't need 2'. I ended up poking around at the u pull it for other parts, and found a truck gas tank with a near new 2" hose on it and got it for free.
Picked up some last week. Just needed 5" so didn't want to buy a longer piece that may never be used. Stopped in at a long established rad/gas tank repair shop in town and they gladly cut me off a piece, and sold it for a reasonable price. They buy it in 3' sections. Owner told me that the best they have found is the stuff that NAPA sells. Long lasting with a bit of flex. The Goodyear hose is quality but has very little flex and a much higher price. Canuck PS: Hose isn't shown, but the exhaust tubing adapter for the fill and tank along with the blow off rings on the tubing are detailed in the linked blog.
Also a tractor supply house will carry it. Thats where I bought mine. And what has been said, never use radiator hose.
Even so, this is one part that is not produced ptfe. Maybe not important as fuel does not sit in side the filler neck/hose for long periods of time. I just replaced all my fuel lines with metal and ptfe but not this part as it is not of great risk to me yet but something that there is not a suitable alternative yet. 1940 Plymouth 2rd coupe
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