Under car fuel line mount retainers - How To?

[SJ]

> >  You need a compound bend tool. I may have to work on that . .. A U
> > shaped tool . . Bent screwdriver or something.
>
> I have a great tool, made by Snap-On, which I believe is a brake spring
> tool of some sort.  It has a ninety degree bend about 3/4" from the
> point, and a bit of a twist in that last section, too.
**** Yes, I know which tool you are describing. Most auto part stores carry
them.

> > **** Are you insane?!  Moi spending $300 on fuel tubing?

> Not insane at all, this information is part of the answer to your
> question... might be appreciated by those with less time to bend up
> their own fuel lines... it's not rocket science, but those are long,
> complicated lines - especially if you want the new ones to pass through
> all the original holders.
**** Less time means that most of us have a "spare" audi on hand. One audi
is always ready for the road. Of course, I have a spare truck for the spare
audi . .just in case.

You mean some of us dont do this kind of work for the sheer thrill of it
all? You gotta be kidding, right?

Not sure if this will work on the Audi, but on the truck, I gingerly pulled
the fuel lines off the truck. Then I used the old lines as templates to bend
the new lines. It worked out pretty well.
If there are some crazy turns at the tubing ends, I would build the lines in
3 pieces with unions connecting the 3 pieces.
Pic of the Dodge fuel lines. The bottom line was painted with POR15 and
re-used.
http://www.geocities.com/syljay46/85DodgeFuelLineReplacement.html


SJ