I was once told that I needed a matched set of fuel lines by three different boat mechanics. They were available at that time from Norshipco in Norfolk, VA. To the tune of $565 that of course included shipping. I could not believe that the lines had to be so precise. I got in my car and started driving after four stops, three cities and about 200 miles I walked into Southeastern Diesel on the side of the highway. Outside there were logging machines and old oily trucks. When I walked through the door I saw fuel lines hanging from the white walls. There were several engines from a 65 Hatteras and glass cases full of injector pumps. The man in the white lab coat said ” that fuel line looks like it came of a Perkins”. I had cracked the retainer nut on the end of the line and it leaked. I told the man in the lab coat that the boat mechanics told me the lines had to be the exact same and I needed a new one. He called to an older man in back that came out in his white lab coat and took my line in back. In less than a minute he returned with a new compression fitting on the line and told me that he had trimmed about 1/4″ off. I told the old man what the others had told me and he said that if it didn’t work that he would give my $2.50 back for the repair.
The moral to this story is look for a heavy equipment or other than marine source and the price will be significantly cheaper. By the way that $2.50 repair worked just fine for about ten years.
Linus
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