Fuel Line (Needed?)

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
My Repair and Parts manuals do not have pictures of the fuel lines.



On the Fuel-In port of the Dual Action Pump, what does the OEM Line look like? I currently have a flexible mesh hose (like modern water lines). It has a leak (contributing to my poor fuel delivery to the carb - carb jets are no longer clogged). This flex-line then connects to the steel line going back to the tank.



Trying to stay as OEM as possible but I am willing to go with the steel mesh tubes since this is right next to the manifolds.



Thanks.............Ed

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Sounds like you got an original stlye hose there...



    NOS replacements usually are dry, and waiting to break...



    call Dave Kostensak, he sells modern material replacements, for $8-10 a pice.



    or go to your local autoparts store, buy a foot of fuel line, two clamps, and take your old, broken hose, and make your own, for about a $2.00. You will need to clean the old brittle hose off your original fittings, but works well. If you want to get real special, find new fittings that work with the old fuel pump, and original steel line, make it all fresh.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I am going to see about getting a new steel mesh fuel line with the proper brass fittings.



    So, the steel mesh is what came from the factory?
  • nick s
    nick s Senior Contributor
    no, it was rubber coated and you are probly seeing the reinforcement braid. as noted earlier the rubber gets brittle and it flakes off. (though at some point it verywell could have been replaced with a stainless mesh line but i agree you probably have the orig style and closer examination should let you determine that) . you definitly want a modern fuel line (usually neoprene) which will hold up to today's fuels.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    nick s wrote:
    no, it was rubber coated and you are probly seeing the reinforcement braid. as noted earlier the rubber gets brittle and it flakes off. (though at some point it verywell could have been replaced with a stainless mesh line but i agree you probably have the orig style and closer examination should let you determine that) . you definitly want a modern fuel line (usually neoprene) which will hold up to today's fuels.



    The line that I have looks like the modern water line under my sink - only made with brass fittings that go into my fuel pump and connect back to the solid steel line going from the frame to the gas tank and very dirty.



    So that leads me to think that sometime prior to 1960 (when the car was put in a garage and never "touched" again other than to run the engine once in a while), the rubber line was replaced.



    Would someone please post a picture of OEM fuel line at pump to frame?
  • hudsonguy
    hudsonguy Senior Contributor
    Here's one on ebay;



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1935-54-HUDSON-WEATHERHEAD-FUEL-LINE_W0QQitemZ160056353735QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    hudsonguy wrote:
    Here's one on ebay;



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1935-54-HUDSON-WEATHERHEAD-FUEL-LINE_W0QQitemZ160056353735QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



    I can hear that bad boy cracking right now, as you try to fit it on the car....
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    hudsonguy wrote:
    Here's one on ebay;



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1935-54-HUDSON-WEATHERHEAD-FUEL-LINE_W0QQitemZ160056353735QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



    Thank you. Mine matches at each end. I just do not have ANY of the rubber showing.



    So I am going to take it tot he parts store and see what we can do.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Pacemaker500 wrote:
    The line that I have looks like the modern water line under my sink - only made with brass fittings that go into my fuel pump and connect back to the solid steel line going from the frame to the gas tank and very dirty.



    OMG :eek: If the material you describe is actually reinforced water supply tubing, it is amazing that it hasn't dissolved. Even if it were the correct material and looked perfect, fuel hoses typically fail from the inside out. I replaced the old one on my car with one purchased from Dave K.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I got a NOS one that looks great, but I wouldn't chance it for the time it took to put it on.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Dave53-7C wrote:
    OMG :eek: If the material you describe is actually reinforced water supply tubing, it is amazing that it hasn't dissolved. Even if it were the correct material and looked perfect, fuel hoses typically fail from the inside out. I replaced the old one on my car with one purchased from Dave K.



    I think it is OEM with the outside layer of rubber gone. But the weave is the same pattern.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    hudsonkid wrote:
    I got a NOS one that looks great, but I wouldn't chance it for the time it took to put it on.



    I can remove the current one in 3 minutes. It take five to install. I know from all my testing to figure out if the fuel pump was actually working.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Dale Cooper sells a replacement for that hose about $ 10.00. Or take the whole part to an industrial supply or a NAPA store and have them make you a new one with the ends crimped to the hose. Hudsonly Lou Cote
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Pacemaker500 wrote:
    I can remove the current one in 3 minutes. It take five to install. I know from all my testing to figure out if the fuel pump was actually working.





    why so long?



    did you make a sandwich in there somewhere.....:D
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    hudsonkid wrote:
    why so long?



    did you make a sandwich in there somewhere.....:D



    I guess I am just slow.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Hudsonkid,



    Better get a move on...your posts are at a devilish 666! Now, let's talk about that sandwich...
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Dave53-7C wrote:
    Hudsonkid,



    Better get a move on...your posts are at a devilish 666! Now, let's talk about that sandwich...



    yeah, I was thinking that... I made another post, so ruined that....
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I got it "fixed." I took the hose to alocal good-ole-boys shop and they just cut it apart and put new fuel line on the fittings. See my Garage Fire post.
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