Oldsmobile Quadrajet flexible fuel pump to carburetor line

[Clone TIE Pilot]

I just unscrew and rescrew the line onto the carb. Its a bit tricky but I manage to pull it by hand into alignment.

 

[kustomkyle]

Nearly every Olds V8 I had, the line at the carb was severely twisted when I got it😥.

It happened on the original fuel line at the carburetor. Then when the replacement arrived in the mail, it took a whole weekend with ratchet straps prying and pulling to get everything to line up (barely) to thread back together.

I just unscrew and rescrew the line onto the carb. Its a bit tricky but I manage to pull it by hand into alignment.

Works the first time if the line is perfectly bent and is the perfect length. Otherwise it's hours upon hours, and there's no room to work.

Looks like maybe the solution is to put the short Chevy filter and housing/adapters on with the braided line kits. Would prefer to keep the original parts and long filter though. I'm pretty firm on NOT changing things too much, because before too long you have no idea what you changed or what to get if you need a part again. There's only so much you can keep spares of.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Where did you get the replacement line? The Supercars Unlimited line fit quite nicely. The only reason I am not using it is the serpentine belt setup.