Hi all
On my 95 chevy truck there is a 3/8" hard metal line going from the fuel filter across to a 5/8" o.d. and 3/8" i.d. hard rubber line that is crimped together between the two from the factory. however the factory metal crimp that holds over the rubber line is rusty and rotted and looks like it will leak in the the future. can i repair the rusty rotted crimp with out having to replace the entire fuel line? i cannot replace the entire fuel line because i would have to pull out the motor and trannny to put the new one in and other than the bad crimp, the rest is good. got any ideas?

 

I was thinking of doing the same thing but don't need as bad as you do. What I had planned on doing was cutting the metal line, flaring it and putting an AN fitting on it (37 degrees remember). You can then get a hose made with an AN female on one end and connect the tube and hose with an AN union. The tricky part would be to get the metric fitting on the hose. I thought a short piece of tubing with the old metric fitting on one end and an AN on the other would work just fine. I guess you could use hydraulic hose components too. Get the whole thing done for you at a hydraulic hose shop except the cutting/flaring of the metal line. That's my two cents.

 

You can buy yourself some time by cleaning it up and putting some rust preventative on.

 

actually it looks so rusty and crusty that if i try to clean it, it may just fall apart on me

 

so do you mean you would be replacing the entire 12" of hose with new braided hose so you can use the AN fittings? also i can't remove the rubber side of the fuel line because it runs under the the tranny tunnel. i can only remove the fuel filter side after i cut it. also what about barb fittings?

 

Sorry. Don't know what barb fittimgs are. You sure you can't reach both ends of the rubber hose piece? If your crimps are as bad as you say the hose is probably in worse shape. If you can get to both ends of the hose all you have to do is attach some small rope or twine to one end and when you pull the hose leave it in place and tie it to the new hose when you install it. Just a thought. My Blazer is kinda tight but certainly doable.