New 944 Owner /Fuel line question
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Rainman
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Be that as it may, undoing the fastener that holds the hard lines under the car (not the firewall on an '84) will still not allow you sufficient clearance behind the brake booster to cut the lines cleanly and much less to access the connecting fittings in the kit in order to tighten them with a suitable degree of confidence.
Whoever says they did this without removing the brake booster must have a magic trick up their sleeve or care little for the safe replacement of this critical component, which stands out as yet another example of not so brilliant engineering by the manufacturer.
Interestingly, the PET for the '85 models show that two connecting pieces ( 477 209 169 and 477 209 161) were added to the hard lines approximately under the driver's seat in order to correct this glaring engineering mistake.
I am reasonably certain the seller of this kit (http://www.rennbay.com/fuel-hose-rep...7a8b4386cdbe87) is aware of this predicament and perhaps chose not to mention it in their installation instructions, to make it seem like an easy 15 minute job.
While you're at it, and having to remove the brake master cylinder and lines from the booster, it is an excellent time to replace the brake fluid in the system.
Whoever says they did this without removing the brake booster must have a magic trick up their sleeve or care little for the safe replacement of this critical component, which stands out as yet another example of not so brilliant engineering by the manufacturer.
Interestingly, the PET for the '85 models show that two connecting pieces ( 477 209 169 and 477 209 161) were added to the hard lines approximately under the driver's seat in order to correct this glaring engineering mistake.
I am reasonably certain the seller of this kit (http://www.rennbay.com/fuel-hose-rep...7a8b4386cdbe87) is aware of this predicament and perhaps chose not to mention it in their installation instructions, to make it seem like an easy 15 minute job.
While you're at it, and having to remove the brake master cylinder and lines from the booster, it is an excellent time to replace the brake fluid in the system.
as for the connector, i wish my car had that. my car was built 12/84 (one of the last of the early cars) and does not have the connector.
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As I mentioned, it can be done using the cut off wheel method on the swage fittings. To say "I must have a magic trick up my sleeve or that I care little about safe replacement of a critical component" is really pretty funny since I'm talking first person experience here, not 'I heard so and so did it this way...' MY repair has never leaked nor had a problem in 10+ years... I dare say my car would not have reached 250K miles in good shape because I care little about safety.