cb951

'86 951 --
What would be the typical installation time for the LR fuel lines, heat wrap, and the stock jumper line (damper to rail)?

apierce918

<30 minutes

schwank

Nah. I say a touch over an hour to do it right and enjoy your beer. I like to take my time fitting the lengths and cutting the hard lines. Check the brake pads and such while you're mucking about. It definitely is not hard though. I suggest a good stout to go with this job. Nice and chewy and it will suit you well for the approximate time you are working

Tip: loosen the nuts on the line ends before taking the fuel rail off. It's just easier to get leverage than with the rail flopping about on the bench.

Wipeout

There goes Eric with his beer and car work parings again...

Take it from me...he knows what he's talking about.

apierce918

why does he need to pull the rail?

ibkevin

Call it an afternoon, this is the wrong project to try to get done quickly unless you are familiar with the assby.

schwank

Doesn't have to, but for easy access I pull the rail to do the jumper line.

Then again, I just take my cars apart for random reasons anyway. I'm sure it could be done with the rail in place. I just clean my engine like an obsessive compulsive... so I have a habit of doing stuff like this. Also will give you a chance to check the pintle caps and o-ring condition on the injectors.... lots of cars going up in flames of late! Would suck to do the lines and then have a fire from a leaky injector.

35thSLP

Best to take your time so you don't end up with a car-b-que on your next drive. +1 with Schwank on the over an hour guesstimate.

Gator_86_951

Agree.

apierce918

longest part is taking off the wheel and removing the wheel well skirt to get down far enough on the hardlines

cb951

That's what I figured. Overall seems very simple. I thought about an hour to 1.5 hours. My shop just did the install while doing a couple other things. I told them to just go ahead and do it. Looks like they're charging 2.5 hours. Seems excessive to me.

apierce918

me too, but apparantly 4 nuts for removal and two cuts of the hardlines, then tighten 6 nuts including compression fitting ends to tie in lines, then put wheel well skirt back in and torque wheel takes that long :/

i could see taking longer if going through injectors and whatnot, but that wasnt the original question. i did LR lines on both of my previous cars