Gas tank fill tube hose

[Plymouthy Adams]

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Edited May 20, 2017 by Plymouthy Adams

[james curl]

Friend paid same price last week at Car Quest, also had to buy a foot. Like to have ever got the filler neck just right for the gas cap and new grommet to look good.

[Woody Branham]

I just bought one on ebay for $12.99 including shipping. Pre-cut to length and 2 clamps. Can you get these on without removing the tank? If sowhat is the easiest way ro remove the old one and insstall the new one? Thanks, Woody

[james curl]

The new hose I installed had a wire molded into the rubber. I used a razor knife to remove the old hose (which did not have a wire molded in) cutting full length from under fender with tire removed. After removing the slit hose pull the filler neck in the fender up through the rubber grommet until you can install the new hose. Lubricate the inside if the new hose with waterless handsoap and push it over the bead on the tank outlet far enough to get a clamp below the bead. Now you can push the filler neck in the fender down into the rubber hose. The filler neck may need to be rotated to get the gas cap to set properly above the rubber grommet in the fender

[Guest jtw3749c]

Why didn't you just use radiator hose? I've had that for my 37 Plymouth for over 25 years and it just now is starting to show signs of needing replaced.

JT

[james curl]

There is a gap between the two tubes when installed. The one I took off was deteriorated between the two tubes from being stored with the gas tank full and gas up into the neck past the joint between the two tubes. When we drained the tank earlier the bottom gas came out black from the rubber. I had pumped almost all of the gas out through the filler tube then pulled the drain plug to empty the tank.

[Merle Coggins]

Someone mentioned the Gates brand hose. As I recall, the Gates Green Stripe hose is for coolant and will swell when used with oil or petroleum products. For those applications use the Gates Red Stripe hose. It is resistant to petroleum products and doesn't have the wire in it. The hose with the wire spiral through it us usually used for hydraulic systems as a stronger hose for pump suction or low pressure return piping. So it would be OK too, but more difficult to work with.

My 2 cents worth.

Merle

[BobT-47P15]

Tim, I like the little red wire up there......looks rather Christmass-y.

[BobT-47P15]

I think I bought a filler neck hose from the "kukymonster" on ebay.....who is a nice guy with a 50 Plymouth in Nashville. Haven't tried to install it yet. He buys a good quality hose and then cuts it into smaller pieces of correct size for use on a flathead MoPar engine.

[martybose]

After reading this thread, I went and looked at the filler neck hoses for sale on eBay; interesting that all of them are clearly green stripe instead of red .......

Marty

[BobT-47P15]

I just looked it up and see that. He claims it is "Buckeye Hose" from Ohio which is designed for caustic substances including gasoline. So, is the red and green stripe on hoses a universal thing, or what???

link to the ad: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200060881074&fromMakeTrack=true

This is the fellow from whom I got mine. If I can find it in that messy garage, will look to see if it has a stripe.

[Merle Coggins]

After reading this thread, I went and looked at the filler neck hoses for sale on eBay; interesting that all of them are clearly green stripe instead of red .......

Marty

I just checked the Gates web site. It only lists the Green Stripe hose in Coolant applications. I couldn't find the Red Stripe hose. Maybe they don't use it anymore. For fuel fill applications it shows a hose like what some have mentioned with the wire in it. It probably helps keep it flexible without kinking.

If the hose you see on ebay is Gates brand I wouldn't use it for fuel hose. If it is another brand, Maybe it's OK. Different hose manufacturers would have different designations for their hoses.

[rearview]

Hose stripe color is done by ISO(?) code usually if made in US. I believe there are different designations for European (maybe by VDI or CE or something???)

Now, that being said I have no idea what the coding *IS* since I haven't looked it up in years and don't work there anymore. But if somebody has access to the printed code, that would help.