Kevin in Atlanta

By some miracle I was able to disconnect the supply line from below.

The other end fought a good fight until removed it along with supply to the front damper to place it in a vice. Not without some drama, though.

The return line at the body is proving to be an almost impossible task.

I have 19mm flare wrench and even a crows foot flare wrench.

I've tried to attack from below with no success.

Multiple soaking with PB blaster overnight.

I may use a set of vice grips on the fuel hose end and use the manifolds or engine to prevent it from turning.

Any suggestions?

Zirconocene

Inductive heater? At least that way there's no spark...

If you're not feeling that adventurous, ATF/Acetone? People really swear by that when commercial options don't work.

Good luck

Kevin in Atlanta

Success!

Got it cracked.

19mm wrench on the hose end counter held against the PS cam cover.

As seen from above



As seen from below

Then another 19mm wrench to crack it open.

Rob Edwards

Nicely done! There's something about those two fittings, not sure if it's the lack of space, a dissimilar metals thing, being cooked over the heat of the exhaust manifold for 40 years, or E) all of the above, but those connections are some of the toughest to undo on any early car.

Kevin in Atlanta

Got rust?

drooman

If you're changing those fuel hoses ( of course you are) you can cut the hose off close to the fitting and get a deep socket over that end. I use a long swivel head ratchet to do the turning and a tubing wrench on the metal line fitting. It still sucks but it's another way to try it.

Kevin in Atlanta

I had given that some thought. But it would still need a device to counter hold the tubing.

I was pleased I was able to noodle out a solution.

I really like solving problems.

Kevin in Atlanta

Here are the hoses I purchased from Precision. Ignore the clutch line in the middle. Beautiful.

Porsche hoses are straight with no bends. Greg added bends route them away from the exhaust I'm guessing.

Had some fun attaching the return line. But, there's a problem with one end of the supply line.


The Porsche on the left and Precision version on the right.
I don't think that's right.

Waiting to hear back from Greg to find out if I've done something wrong.

Mrmerlin

I think you have the line backwards swap ends then follow the instructions on the card

Kevin in Atlanta

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On the 80 both ends of the supply line are identical.

Greg had passed me on to Kyle.


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linderpat

I remember doing those lines in Blumaxx - such a pain!

Mrmerlin

Ahh OK so you just need a different end, looks like an easy fix

Kevin in Atlanta

The early 1980 features the 78-79 fuel hoses.

Kyle is sending the correct hoses today.

GregBBRD

We learned this, for the first time, last night. Apparently, Porsche was using up 1979 model year inventory, for about the first 878 cars, in 1980.

Now we need a chassis number to get the proper hoses for a 1980....
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Sorry, Kevin!

Kevin in Atlanta

No worries.