Fuel Lines, please help.

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Logic

New member
Dear Fellow SYTY Owners,
I have to replace the fuel lines on my 1993 TY... they are corroded and leaking. Maybe some of you have had the same problem, or maybe you replaced your lines in order to increase fuel flow to the engine. I would really appreciate ANY input on how this was done on your TY. My father is having knee surgery in twelve days, and if I can't get the fuel line problem solved by then, my TY will be dormant for the duration of my father's rehabilitation period (1.5-2 months).

Are there any braided line kits out there?
Does anyone carry the correct fittings?

Can someone give me a detailed description of how they went about the line replacement?

Thank you for any help,
Eddie.
 
Tooky

Tooky

Serious about performance
I would Search for "braided fuel" or "stainless fuel" in the Search. I have made a -6 AN braided fuel delivery line and I am almost positive Ed Hess has made both delivery and return lines in braided AN line. So if you come across a post of his it is sure to have the Earl's fittings (991955 off the top of my head maybe?) to mate the -6 AN to the odd GM "Saginaw" fuel rail fittings.

Good luck..

UPDATE: I just searched for "braided fuel" using "ALL WORDS ENTERED" and there is a ton of hits relevant to your search but here is the thread in particular I was referring to http://syty.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22962&highlight=braided+fuel
 
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Boosted

New member
Just finished something similair. My pump died, and lines and connections were so corroded I could not salvage. Local Gm dealers told me factory lines were discontinued. I bought a new tank, inline MSD pump, Moroso ALum fuel line, comp engineering sump kit and aeroquip and earls fittings and ran it that way. Comp engineering offers a sump kit with dual outlets that I had welded to tank, and I plugged the factory pressure out line from the top of the sender. I used the fittings to pull fuel out of the back of the tank, and ran the alum line with the filter in the stock location. Earls offers compression fittings to work, and I have run this for a grand total of a week so far with no leaks and no problems. I will soon be getting an accurate boost gauge and fuel press gauge so I can monitor, and likely and adj fpr from Ron Gregory's site so I can make any necessary adjustments. If you need more info Or want me to get all the parts at my cost ( I work at a wholesale aftermarket parts dist), let me know. Parts (tank, sump kit, fuel pump, line and fittings) cost me 350.00.
Your cost for alum or braided line, fittings and such would be much cheaper.

You could do it less by using barbed fittingx and fuel injection clamps if you can salvage the ends of you lines that connect to the sender and at the juntion by the transfer case. I am talking about the rubber pieces. If you can salvage those, a couple of adapters to put the braided line on and a fuel filter with matching AN fittings would be easier Email me at zmyers@key-stone.com if you need more info.

let me know

Zach
 
jwaller

jwaller

Evil Genius/SyTy Guru
I can set you up with a kit to replace all your lines with -6 SS. but it will be around $400. that stuff isnt cheap and neither are the fittings. but thats for everything
 
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