iateshaggy

i was using hondadude's tek on fuel filter changing and stripped out the banjo bolt on the bottom of the filter. does anyone know if i can cut the old line close to the filter and splice a new end and banjo bolt using a compression coupling?

JDM_DC4_Fanatic

what ar you gonna use to cut it, a torch? Use vise grips, and dont expletive it up next time. Get someone who knows what they are doing to use a proper repair line, and make sure that is is rated for the 90 PSI max pressure.

soon2bdropped

a torch? might as well attach a time bomb on yourself.. i highly recommend to NOT use a torch..... my friend towncar lite on fire like that...

iateshaggy

screw a torch, c-4 works much better. i'm gonna use a black cat as the detonator.

i was planning on using imp tube cutters. i do plumbing and have special cutters that can get in tight places. we regularly use compression fittings for 1/2" copper tubing, but i don't know if there is similar fittings the size of a fuel line.

iateshaggy

which do i use, i'd show a pic of c-4 but that would be incriminating. i don't feel like getting hit w/ a ban stick.

momstaxi

might be tough to get the tubing cutter down in there and rotate it around the line, then you have to re-flair it in a tight area.

iateshaggy

that thing in the top right hand corner of the pic is my small tube cutters. if they make compression fittings the size of a fuel line then flaring wont be needed.

iateshaggy

i just found mini compression fittings, anyone know the size of the fuel line?

tech8

Check this link out to see if it'll help:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1829784

iateshaggy

3/8, hell yeah that helps. now i don't have to go to the mechanic. compression fittings rule. funny how i'll be using plumbing fittings on a car.

JDM_DC4_Fanatic

Aparently nobody has heard of sarcasm....the torch comment was sarcastic, I told him to use vise grips.....

iateshaggy

i got it (torch joke), but some people are that dumb. i used mini tube cutters and got it just fine, but i wasn't able to cut out the excess created by the coupling so now i can't remount the filter to the frame. i got it all together but it is leaking, game plan is wait for tomorrow and tighten the hell out of it all. to bad pipe dope wasn't engineered for fuel lines.

Heat

How much is it to replace the part?

I went through a busted banjo bolt hose when I changed the fuel filter on my Volvo a few months ago - spent $35 on a new part and was good to go.

If it's not that expensive, just replace it and be done with it.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by soon2bdropped &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">a torch? might as well attach a time bomb on yourself.. i highly recommend to NOT use a torch..... my friend towncar lite on fire like that...</TD></TR></TABLE>An ex-husband of a woman I know was smoking while changing his fuel filter. Idiot. Burned the car, the garage, and almost the house down.