Rubber? No. Nylon? Yes.

 

Might I suggest a new section of 5/16 fuel line with a lot of lubrication onto the 3/8 outlet as a temporary solution until you get a weekend to do a proper repair.

I think running a nylon hose will be equal work to running the 3/8 stainless line.

 

Just bite the bullet and move the parts needed to do the job right.

Does it really need to be said, "better safe than sorry."

If I catalogued all the things that could easily go very bad for you with ANY kind of flexible line, well, I'd be here all night.

Z

 

I wouldn't recommend it. On another forum a car caught fire doing that. Seems the owner left it on for a while. Engine heat, time and ethonol took its toll. I would implore you to use a reputable kit and get it done right!

 

Rubber hose does not offer the abrasion resistance, temperature withstanding ability, or impact toughness of a metal line. Please run a metal line.

Good luck
Paul

 

You are all right I suppose. I have a T5 with a grinding 5th gear I was planning on addressing eventually. I thought I would switch the fuel line then but it might be months before I get around to that. I shouldn't risk it. Looks like I have a weekend project coming up.

 

Classic Tube has great set in stainless too!

 

+++++++1 ZRAY! If you dont have time to do it RIGHT, don't do it! Having a car entails the responsibility of not only making
it as safe as possible for you, but also for those around you. Would you want a car thats on fire coming at you? It is not that big
a job, lots of us have done it. Also, you will never have to do it again.

 

+1 on Classic Tube. I've used their fuel and brake line kits many times and they've always fit quite well.

 

Your fuel line can be run with he transmission in place. That isn't a problem.

 

True, but removing the transmission and swapping the fuel line both require dropping the exhaust. My point was if I did the tranny and fuel line as one project I would only have to drop the exhaust once. As others have suggested though, better safe than sorry. I'm going to take the time to put the hard line in and do it right. I guess I was thinking if the rubber line was good enough for these aftermarket EFI kits it would work for me temporarily but maybe the kits I have seen are using nylon fuel line.

 

A little food for thought. I failed an inspection for having 6" of rubber line, the dmv states that 3" is the limit

 

I replaced my fuel line with 3/8" a few months ago. I bent my own. I didn't remove any of the exhaust or suspension, but had to add one extra joint above the axle to get it to all go in. That could be an option.

 

As others have said, don't do it. The only "soft" lines I would run under the car are PTFE (teflon) and the modern EFI hose (nylon). Even fuel-rated rubber line is not any good these days when you get it from the auto store. Tends to split and crack. Having a ton of gas anywhere outside of the lines is no bueno...

 

The 69/70 3/8" fuel line will fit the 65, and you can fit it with only removing the rear drivers wheel. I upgraded to a 3/8" sender when i replaced all my fuel bits and went with this option. The fuel line runs along the rail instead of the tunnel, however it starts and terminates at the same point as the 65/66. Took me about an hour to fit and drill a couple holes for some clamps along the rail.

 

Don't use rubber, that's a big no no. Run stainless and never worry about it again.

 

Not sure what lines you bought, but the NPD pre-bent can be easily installed with the rear of the car up on jack stands. A bit of fishing/twisting the rear end of the line into position, but not hard or too time consuming...

 

++++++1 on what Dazalorf said.