Mike, Lordy, I must be gettin old...can't remember the exact mm, but take an old piece with you to the auto store and maybe a fitting or an old fuel pump with you to test the parts house stuff with for fit.
I am mostly on the 8mm stuff since I run turboed FI(megasquirt) and newer bus stuff. I have found in the past that some of the OEM for sale is either old or really not made well. I am as green as the next guy...but the ethanol biz is insane for using corn. I work for a company that uses corn for feed...and it is killing our business...and driving up prices insanely for animal protein that we all(mostly) still like to eat. Sorry for the "political" rant. I could tell stories about what ethanol has done to my chainsaws and other gas consuming mechanical equipment....oh, and $$$. I have gone to the "dark" side with a new Prius from a 300+hp Subaru. We're all gonna love $4+ gasoline! Cheers, dave ------------------ "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean On Fri, 10 Feb 2012, Mike Morehouse wrote: > Dave, thanks. Am I correct that the size is a 5.5 mm ID that I am looking > for. No MB dealer locally but maybe I can find something. > Mike > On Feb 10, 2012 3:02 PM, "Dave C. Bolen" <dbo...@shockwaverider.com> wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> Bill May and other have suggested in the past that a mercedes dealer can >> sell you the correct mm sized fuel line that will handle the current >> gas/ethanol mix. >> >> In reality, the German OEM stuff should work fine for longer than a year >> as well. >> >> There is always a chance that a local auto parts store will have the >> correct size(or close enough too it) and that if they do, it is going to >> be of "modern" manufacture to withstand the gas mix. It sure won't look >> like the orignal stuff though. >> >> cheers, dave >> >> ------------------ >> "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean >> >> On Fri, 10 Feb 2012, Mike Morehouse wrote: >> >>> Is there a source for ethanol resistant 5.5mm ID rubber OEM fuel line >> for a >>> 1972 stock Bug? We cannot get pure non-ethanol laced gas around here and >> I >>> am tired of having my fuel lines crack after a year and having to replace >>> all the rubber lines so I don't lose gas, smell gas and have the risk of >>> fire. >>> >>> I called Mid America and they don't sell anything but OEM which is what I >>> have been using. Someone must make a more ethanol resistant fuel line for >>> old cars in our size. >>> >>> help! please. >>> >>> Mike in AL >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vintagvw site list >>> vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu >>> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
