Fuel Hose Disaster!

Do the job properly. buy a short length of larger dia hose and make up or buy a reducer. If you make a bodge up it will come back to bite your bum at the worst possible time.
It's an old saying, but, "If a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing well".
 
Could you use a small piece of the small hose over the deck spigot to make it a larger diameter - safer than gaffer tape I think and definitely fuel resistant. It would then be a pretty good fit inside the larger hose wouldn't it? Don't extend the small hose beyond the spigot; it's just a reducer and with the spigot inside it's stiff enough to tighten jubilee clips on it.
 
Problem is that the difference is only 4mm. where is he going to get 51mm. ID hose with a 2mm wall thickness?
I have some Neoprene sheet which would make a bandage but I would prefer the Duck tape to stay in place while I wrestle the filler pipe over the spigot.
 
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Have you thought about using stainless tube cheaper than rubber hose, loads on ebay and use rubber hose for connections with jubilee clips.
 
peteK said:
Have you thought about using stainless tube cheaper than rubber hose, loads on ebay and use rubber hose for connections with jubilee clips.
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Good thinking but still has the anomaly of different o/d at each end.
Donald
 
Dougal said:
You can't stretch that hose with hot water. Neither the steel windings, nor the stitched internals will allow stretching.
I'm with you on the tape though. I might try silicone amalgamating tape.
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But if I read the OP correctly the last 6cm doesn’t have the metal spiral, which suggests that it is intended to be stretched.
Try sticking the end in boiling water for 30 seconds and see how flexible it becomes, it’s unlikely to damage it but may give you an answer. It only has to stretch a few mm, and maybe a lubricant as well will just give you the movement needed.
 
Praxinoscope said:
But if I read the OP correctly the last 6cm doesn’t have the metal spiral, which suggests that it is intended to be stretched.
Try sticking the end in boiling water for 30 seconds and see how flexible it becomes, it’s unlikely to damage it but may give you an answer. It only has to stretch a few mm, and maybe a lubricant as well will just give you the movement needed.
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But the original hose without the metal spiral at the end is no longer usable so I'm not clear why sticking the end in boiling water is going to help? :confused:

Richard
 
As always guys, I'm enormously grateful for all the input and suggestions. Neither lube of any kind nor boiling water helps. This Lloyds registered hose is something else. Yes, the boiling water will soften the rubber, but that doesn't allow the dual coil windings, or the fabric stitching to open at all.
I've now almost finished making a grp reducer. The internal section for fitting over tank spigot, is a snug fit, and I believe WILL seal with CT1 and quality clamps. I'm hoping the epoxy grp will allow a tiny amount of flex. The other end is 51mm OD for the hose.
I used 2 different sized aerosol cans glued together as a template for grp (using epoxy), having applied a film of silicon grease to aid removal. Will attempt to fit tomorrow.
And yes, there's a small breather at the very top.
 
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RichardS said:
But the original hose without the metal spiral at the end is no longer usable so I'm not clear why sticking the end in boiling water is going to help? :confused:

Richard
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My poor description, I didn’t mean original hose which is obviously b*****d but the new 1.5m hose that Douglas has. Anyway seems as if D has solved the problem.
 
RichardS said:
The light bulb has flicked on. :)

A side entry filler spigot where the top of the spigot is lower than the top of the tank?

OK, that's the first time I have ever heard of that. Presumably there must be some kind of tapping into the top of the tank for a vent pipe otherwise there would be a dead space of trapped air at the top and you would never be able to fill the tank?

Richard
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as does my tank but has a plastic vent along the baffles & up into the filler pipe ta assist filling the tank has another vent for normal use
 
Hi contact PORTMERE rubber(Southampton) they will make you a fuel hose of whatever length you want and also the different ID's you want for each end, will not break the bank and turn around is quite quick. Simples. Jim
 
Dougal said:
All finished but what a job. Access that side of the fuel tank is almost none existent. Had to cut out a large section of bulkhead, then lay sideways inside the cockpit locker. Love epoxy based grp;)
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jim.howes said:
Hi contact PORTMERE rubber(Southampton) they will make you a fuel hose of whatever length you want and also the different ID's you want for each end, will not break the bank and turn around is quite quick. Simples. Jim
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Now you tell him! :rolleyes:


Seriously, though, it may well be of use to someone else. :encouragement: (In fact that could solve a not dissimilar problem I've got.)
 
Next tip - cats wee stink remover from a pet shop will get rid of the smell. It’s enzyme based so get rid of the smell it doesn’t use perfume to mask it.
Top tip about the hose supplier Jim Howes.
 
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