How do most secure the fuel lines inside and outside of the tank? I recently had the line inside the tank come off and it was not pretty. Just wondering if a barb would be enough?

Thanks
NB

Some like the barbs, but I use .020" wire from Ace Hardware or Lowe's. I take about 6" and double it so I have a 3" segment. I wrap completely around twice, pull the ends together, and grab the ends with a visegrip. Then I start twisting.

I stop twisting when the double-wrap opposite the ends makes a slight (about 0.010" ) indent into the hose. Then I snip off all but about 2 twists with a wire cutter.

Works for me, on silicon for glow or Tygon for gasoline.
Dave Olson

I use barbs and little the little plastic wire/cable ties on all my fittings. I use Hayes Neoprene inside the tank with a stiffener so the clunk can't fall forward and I use tygon for the rest of the plumbing so I can visually see if there is fuel in the lines to the carb and I just bend brass tubing to reach the bottom of the tank rather than using a seperate clunk for filling and emptying. Some guys use a "T" going to the carb from the tank for filling and emptying. I do not. I also run the overflow around to the back of the tank and forward again and out the bottom. I never lose fuel out of the tank and have never had any trouble with this system with 4 gassers..... Bill

I cut a peice of fuel line 1/4-3/8 long and use niddle nose plyers to put it over the fuel line, Will never come back off, Will have to cut it to get it off.

Milton

Take a ordinary paper clip wrap it around the brass pipe snip off and solder it too the pipe, push on your tygon and zip tie behind the wire barb you have just formed, just make sure you don't have any sharp edges that could cut the tygon, and don't forgett to do the feed inside the tank and outside.

Mike

Using tie wire on the outside of the fuel line is one of the fastest ways I know of to create an air leak due to a cut fuel line. Used to do that method a long time ago and it took awhile to figure out why I always had fuel draw problems.

This system works well for me too, but thanks to Pat Roy I now use a tie before and after my home made wire barbs.

Karol

I like this method as well, with plastic ties, not wire.

Thanks guys for all your replies, I decided to go with barbs with zip ties since I have some. Sounds like the simpliest.

NB

zip ties

I've used barbs. But in their absense, I've just put a small drop of solder near the end of the brass tube and use zip ties. They won't come off.... and a small blob of solder is cheaper than buying the barbs you've got to solder anyway.