[E-Type] Nylon fuel line installed

After viewing the thread on difficulty fitting the nylon
fuel line, with some trepiation I ordered XK’s Unlimited
nylon fuel line and had a go at it. The line is a tight fit
on the fittings dry. With a film of silicone grease on the
fitting and rubber gloves I can get the line over the first
barb and touching the second. Then I free hand sawed a 4’’
piece of 2’‘x 4’’ in half, then free hand drilled a slightly
smaller hole than the 3/8’’ line, then mounted the sandwiched
line in the vise. No need to bolt the wood halves together.
The barbed fittings tapped in nicely and were fuel tight. No
heat is necessary.
Doug–
Douglass Harroun
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In reply to a message from Douglass Harroun sent Sun 14 May 2006:

Thanks for the tip, Douglass.
I was going to replace my lines near the fuel pump but have
a good lines.
I received a lot of info. on this subject but have never
had to actually do this task.

                                Walter
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After viewing the thread on difficulty fitting the nylon
fuel line, with some trepiation I ordered XK’s Unlimited


Walter Schuster 78XJ6LFI Ser.II, 69Eser.II 2+2
Albuquerque/New Mexico, United States
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How do you flare the nylon line end that goes into the tank?

Gregory your photo is of a copper line with a compression fitting - that is, it isn’t flared. I don’t know what car you are speaking of - IME Jaguar didn’t have nylon fittings going into tanks - they did have nylon hoses going to a banjo type fitting that bolted to the tank, but again no flare.

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While I haven’t had to do this on the e-type yet, I had to do something similar in another one of my cars - press a barbed fitting onto a nylon high pressure fuel hose. I found this method on line and it worked great in that application. Was cheap too!!

RobY

That’s how I did mine and it works like a charm.

I’ve got a couple of these rubber vise inserts sold for holding golf club shafts while putting on new grips. They hold the fuel line perfectly, and are really handy for other uses as well as they’re non-marring and conform to different size tubing or rods.

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I have a 1964 S type That is not a copper line it is nylon that has turned hard and yellowed there is a banjo fitting on the other end

Okay - perhaps someone used an ‘olive’ (compression ferrule) in lieu of the original Tee fitting.

The original style looks like this (not mine):

A common metal alternative looks like this (moi):

Rather than a metal ferrule on the plastic line it is a barbed fitting that then goes to a metal tube with a ferrule.

Edit: Oops I went back and re-read your question that went with that photos. You said that is “the end that goes into the tank”. I can’t answer that as my S2 has a banjo fitting at the tank (top of the pick-up).

I had the original nylon T fitting fail spewing gas all over the hot engine. I smelled gas while driving, then saw liquid gas thrown up through the louvers when I stopped. I replaced the T with a metal fitting and have never had the guts to give nylon a second chance. Simply put, there are better, safer materials available than nylon fuel lines and fittings.

Thanks for Trying it’s got me baffled

I installed a brand new original nylon fitting which only lasted a short time before cracking and leaking. Never again!

Were the originals nylon? or PVC? or what?

I agree with Bob.

I ordered a couple 1/4" X 5/16" X 1/4" brass barbed tees from China back in mid February. Perfect for the two Stromberg setup. Unfortunately they cleared U. S. Customs in Miami about 10 days ago and then went into hiding, probably never to be seen again.

I believe they were nylon. That looks like an original in your first pic above.

I ordered a couple items from SNJ for my 150, they told me the items must come from the UK. Got them in 10 days, you can’t beat that for good service. Maybe you will be suprised your items will show up.

And of course they arrived today, after I thought they were lost for good.

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