If you are watching this video you may, like me, have had no luck attaching the new gas line to the old and pulling it through the engine. But, I created a way to pull the new line through without doing it the "hard way" shown. I took a 16" length of new gas line and cut one end into a point (like an arrowhead... sloping sides). Then, I cut off one side of the point, so that there was just a sloping point on one side of the line. Then, from the carb side, I pushed in the line, rotating it with my hand, from the outside, to maneuver the sloped point around any obstacles. When the point of the tube reached the exit hole near the gas shutoff, it was not lined up with the exit hole. But, using a flashlight, I could insert a thin diameter screwdriver blade into the gas line to line it up with the hole, pushing it a bit to clear the hole, then grabbing with needle nose pliers to pull it through completely. The entire process only took less than ten minutes, with no disassembly required, other than removing the carb cover.
Have you run it since? I just tried it and it actually worked so thanks! I'm just worried that there is a good chance the line is in front of the brackets instead of behind as installed so I'm worried about it rubbing up against other parts? Worked out ok for you? Thanks.
@@spencerfamilycrofton I'm glad my method worked for you and yes, I did run my snow blower for around two hours with no problems, two days after doing the gas line installation. And, my (uneducated) opinion, after watching the "hard way" video, is that the internal gas line channel is so narrow is that there is no way for the gas line I was inserting to go except through this narrow channel. I'll also add that, if a problem with my newly inserted gas line develops, I will be more careful to install a replacement the "easy" way, carefully attaching the new replacement with a winding of electrical tape so that it cannot come apart from my current replacement as I am pulling through from the carb side to the other side of the engine.
Dude! Way to much work! All you need is 1" of 5/16-18 threaded rod! Screw half the rod on old line from the tank and rest on new line! Then pull from carb side and your done under 5 minutes!
That would not have worked for me. The plate under the flywheel pinches on my fuel line pretty tight. Plus I couldn't find the 7/16 line so I had to use thicker 1/2" line making that problem even worse. The machine in this video is very old, I wonder if newer machines are planned a little better and the path the fuel line runs long maybe isn't quite so tight and narrow?
If you are watching this video you may, like me, have had no luck attaching the new gas line to the old and pulling it through the engine. But, I created a way to pull the new line through without doing it the "hard way" shown. I took a 16" length of new gas line and cut one end into a point (like an arrowhead... sloping sides). Then, I cut off one side of the point, so that there was just a sloping point on one side of the line. Then, from the carb side, I pushed in the line, rotating it with my hand, from the outside, to maneuver the sloped point around any obstacles. When the point of the tube reached the exit hole near the gas shutoff, it was not lined up with the exit hole. But, using a flashlight, I could insert a thin diameter screwdriver blade into the gas line to line it up with the hole, pushing it a bit to clear the hole, then grabbing with needle nose pliers to pull it through completely. The entire process only took less than ten minutes, with no disassembly required, other than removing the carb cover.
Have you run it since? I just tried it and it actually worked so thanks! I'm just worried that there is a good chance the line is in front of the brackets instead of behind as installed so I'm worried about it rubbing up against other parts? Worked out ok for you? Thanks.
@@spencerfamilycrofton I'm glad my method worked for you and yes, I did run my snow blower for around two hours with no problems, two days after doing the gas line installation. And, my (uneducated) opinion, after watching the "hard way" video, is that the internal gas line channel is so narrow is that there is no way for the gas line I was inserting to go except through this narrow channel. I'll also add that, if a problem with my newly inserted gas line develops, I will be more careful to install a replacement the "easy" way, carefully attaching the new replacement with a winding of electrical tape so that it cannot come apart from my current replacement as I am pulling through from the carb side to the other side of the engine.
what is the internal diameter of the fuel line?
I believe it is 1/4" I.D. but I'm not 100% sure on that
Dude! Way to much work! All you need is 1" of 5/16-18 threaded rod! Screw half the rod on old line from the tank and rest on new line! Then pull from carb side and your done under 5 minutes!
If your old line is stiff enough, the threaded rod technique may not work, even with 7/16 OD OEM replacement line. Ask me how I know.
That would not have worked for me. The plate under the flywheel pinches on my fuel line pretty tight. Plus I couldn't find the 7/16 line so I had to use thicker 1/2" line making that problem even worse. The machine in this video is very old, I wonder if newer machines are planned a little better and the path the fuel line runs long maybe isn't quite so tight and narrow?