Fuel line repair needed

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Somehow I didn''t find it until the other night, a kink in the fuel line coming from the fuel pump to the carb
. I'm assuming any kink is going to restrict flow so I'll have to replace the line or at least the bad section.
My question - there is already a portion of the fuel line that is rubber on a steel tube fuel line. Will working ability change if I replaced the short rubber hose splice with a longer one to eliminate the kinked section? Should I just make a whole new steel line between the pump and the carb? Or would it be wrong to have the whole line replaced with rubber?
 
plenty of cars have run quality rubber or flex fuel line part way or all the way from the tank to the engine,
you should NEVER use rubber or flex line run near headers or other high heat sources or moving parts
but theres no reason you can,t run 3/8" line for a short distance in your application to replace a damaged section of steel fuel line, OR run NEW flex fuel lines from tank to carburetor and back to the tank either
that being said, ID also suggest routing it carefully along the original fuel line route,
and if it was my car, and I chose to run flex fuel line, Id run a double section
<(feed line and return line from the fuel pressure regulator),
from the tank to the carburetor/fuel pressure regulator, and the return line back to the tank.
you obviously have the option of not making a repair in the existing lines and running NEW steel fuel supply and return lines

READING THIS THREAD MAY BE USEFUL
viewtopic.php?f=80&t=8505&p=32546&hilit=1974+fuel#p32546
 
If choose to use rubber fuel line as a fix Rich,
The better quality parts store 3/8 inch fuel line hose is made for fuel injection vehicles.
Todays E10 gasoline attacks standard carburator rubber fuel line hose very fast.
Sometimes I have seen failure in just 1 month.
Hate to see you loose your C3 due to a fire from failed cheep rubber hose.
Fuel injection rubber hose will last several years.
Costs more but peace of mind is worth it.

Brian
 
Good point Brian. I happen to have some high pressure 3/8 fuel line from my 03 Jeep fix.
 
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