I am going to be installing the hard fuel lines on the Monte tonight and wanted to know if anyone had any advice for doing this. Getting them around the frame and over the axle looks like a major PITA. Brian Weaver said he had to unbolt the body and lift it up a bit to get them out of the car. Any advice for getting them into the car without destroying them?
Anyone have any secrets or advice for running the hard fuel lines on a conversion?
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Are you running used line ALL the way? If so, I'd think without doing what Brian did you won't be able to get it back in without cutting it at least in one spot. You can just use a 3/8" double flare coupler and double flare both spots where you cut it to connect it back together. I ran all new on the Camaro, but I have one spot where it's rubber line
, fuel injection hose, with dual clamps on each side, all steel line except for that 1/2" of rubber. It wouldn't even have that, but my friend needed his double flare tool back before I was completely done.
, fuel injection hose, with dual clamps on each side, all steel line except for that 1/2" of rubber. It wouldn't even have that, but my friend needed his double flare tool back before I was completely done.eiuskoalman
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it will make your life a lot easier if you cut them before you go up and over the rear. it also provides you a good place to add an additional fuel filter (one bonus i guess). good luck
aaron (now buick-less)
aaron (now buick-less)
What a pain! I got the main fuel feed from the engine to the fuel filter in, but getting the other piece over the axle seems to be impossible without unbolting the body from the frame and jacking it up which looks like I will do next. Brian Weaver told me he had to do that to get them out. I do not want to cut any of them, so this seems to be my only option now.
Just a warning for those who plan on doing a similar swap. You will have your hands full.
Just a warning for those who plan on doing a similar swap. You will have your hands full.
For those planning a turbo motor swap into another G body.....
I just came in from getting the lines onto the car.
Here is what I found....
Stock Monte SS has the fuel feed and return running down the passenger side and the vapor and brake lines running down the driver side.
Stock Buick has the vapor line and return running down the passenger side and the fuel feed and brake line on the driver side.
I removed the feed, return and vapor lines leaving the main brake line since that is the same as the Buicks.
I ran the front part of the fuel feed. The rear portion (behind the fuel filter) will not fit without unbolting the body. Period.
I was not about to cut up a set of pristine lines or bend them into some distorted shapes, so I removed the 6 rear body bushings and jacked the body up until a had a little more than 1" space between the bushing and the body. This gave me enough room to fish the lines in.
Now the return and vapor lines are a real treat. I started at the rear and snuck them between the frame and the body while it was still off the frame.
The best way to do it is with the engine out of the car. I had already installed the engine and had to remove the motor mounts, steering shaft, oil cooler and hoses, lower radiator hose, crossover and transmission lines. I did not have the passenger side inner fender well in or the down pipe installed, which made life a lot easier. I then jacked up the engine as high as I could get it. After much cursing and rolling around on the floor, I got them in the car in one piece without cutting them. Its definitely a treat for those inexperienced with working on cars. I have been playing with cars for almost 17 years now and this was definitely a real work out that tried my patience. Now I can get back to wiring and installing the gas tank. Hopefully by Sunday I will have her running again.
I just came in from getting the lines onto the car.
Here is what I found....
Stock Monte SS has the fuel feed and return running down the passenger side and the vapor and brake lines running down the driver side.
Stock Buick has the vapor line and return running down the passenger side and the fuel feed and brake line on the driver side.
I removed the feed, return and vapor lines leaving the main brake line since that is the same as the Buicks.
I ran the front part of the fuel feed. The rear portion (behind the fuel filter) will not fit without unbolting the body. Period.
I was not about to cut up a set of pristine lines or bend them into some distorted shapes, so I removed the 6 rear body bushings and jacked the body up until a had a little more than 1" space between the bushing and the body. This gave me enough room to fish the lines in.
Now the return and vapor lines are a real treat. I started at the rear and snuck them between the frame and the body while it was still off the frame.
The best way to do it is with the engine out of the car. I had already installed the engine and had to remove the motor mounts, steering shaft, oil cooler and hoses, lower radiator hose, crossover and transmission lines. I did not have the passenger side inner fender well in or the down pipe installed, which made life a lot easier. I then jacked up the engine as high as I could get it. After much cursing and rolling around on the floor, I got them in the car in one piece without cutting them. Its definitely a treat for those inexperienced with working on cars. I have been playing with cars for almost 17 years now and this was definitely a real work out that tried my patience. Now I can get back to wiring and installing the gas tank. Hopefully by Sunday I will have her running again.
