Dad's Cossie is very near completion but we have hit a stumbling block, the fuel lines! The good std replacement lines we were going to use won't fit as they turned out to be 2wd and the front of the pipes are quite different to the originals so cannot route into the engine bay very well.

What he has to decide now is whether to try and get hold of more std lines off a 4x4, which finding some that aren't a million miles away will be difficult, or go braided the whole length. He has already got some braided line and fittings to do the sections on either end of both metal lines but is a little worried about mounting different clips to the underside to secure the -6 braided hose. He likes the idea of braided in general, just not drilling loads of holes in the floor/chassis!

I've done a bit of a search but can't find many pics of how people have done this so was hoping someone could help with some advice and pics maybe...?

 

I would use copper or braided just from a it will last longer point of view ,

the braided lines a guy on here has done it (looks cool) but I think his was Teflon instead of rubber hose , but what ever you do make sure its safe for whats going throw it ie oil,fuel , brake fluid

 

You don't have to drill any holes anywhere

I made some little aluminium plates that fix to the original mounting points using the original self tapping screws. I then used hose separator clamp type thingys, drilled the threads out and nut and bolted it to the little plate, job done!







I used a p clip on there as well for the brake line.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sierra-Cos...item2a2efacf91

 

Thanks, that's a great idea, I like that!

But that only works for the front 4 clips underneath, the last one before the lines step up is slotted on a little peg... what did you do there?

Also, how did you go about securing them for the remainder of the length past the beam along the chassis rail?

Yeah i've seen that but the pic shows the 2wd ones which are different to Dad's old ones, despite them saying the 2wd and 4x4 are identical apparently... so wouldn't hold out much hope on them being right and the aggro involved in trying to return something so awkward to post puts me off lol

 

I've got it held on with a cable tie as a very temporary measure at the moment as I haven't had a chance to think of something yet but at this moment in time I've got more serious problems like an engine that's the wrong side of useless so got to address that first.

I made a couple of little brackets for the hose clamps to bolt to, one off where the long sideways bar for the exhaust bolts on to the beam and one that is held on by the N/S/R braided brake hose where it attaches to the floor. I'll get a couple of pics for you once the engine is back out tomorrow.

 

I used 5/16 copper pipe (Ł25 off ebay) and matched the pipes to the original lines, I haven't used the original connectors as I chopped them off long ago but i'm sure they will fit straight on at each end, I used compression joints to connect them at each end to the flexi pipes

 

when I done mine I used polymer coated aluminium hardlines which you can bend with a small pipe bender, and just used stainless P clips and drilled and tapped them to the existing piece of metal that the old plastic clips were fixed to.

 

Thanks for the input guys!

Well with a bit of messing about we've got the std fuel pipes clipped in and sitting more or less where we want them, so hopefully braided ends can go on and we're there...

 

Some good ideas here! I'm currently doing my lines in -6 Teflon so I think I'll be copying Kitchen Devils idea lol