Hi All out there.
If you are planning on replacing your fuel lines, read on. If you have replaced your fuel lines, read on too.
After driving myself to the near side of insanity, I finally came up with some sort of idea of what is needed to replace the fuel lines on the 907. Not saying this is the only way, but I have just completed the job, and was a little surprised with what I found.
After calling just about anyone in Australia who might sell fuel line, the best I got was "she'llberightmate, just use normal fuel line". That was from a company that deals with Fuel Injection systems, so gawd alone know's what they have been putting out there? I eventually found a company in the UK called Advanced Fluid Solutions, Web site: http://www.advancedfluidsolutions.co.uk/
They were extremely helpful. The only fuel hose that should go into a fuel tank is SAE30 R10 rated (in tank, fuel injected). All the fuel line I found around Broome was R9 rated. When I pulled the line out of the tank, it was soft and disolving. The piece at the top of the filter still had writing on it, and it was rated at R9.
The AFS version of "in tank" fuel line has an internal diameter of 7.3mm (the R9 I have is 7.9mm) and fits snuggly over all the barbed ends of all the connections through the system. I replaced all the hose clamps with Stainless steel units. I got 13mm units from AFS, which were a bit small for the job. I found a place in Oz which sells all sorts of sizes. I went with the 14mm for every connection, though I think the quality of the AFS units is a little better than the local one's. I got 2 metres of the in tank fuel line from AFS, which was enough to replace the lot, with about 8 inches left over.
The hose I pulled out from under the Air Cleaner was the original hose. The piece between the injectors and from the injectors to the pressure relief valve were rock hard.
So it is now all done, and B1 is back on the road. New filter, hoses and a dose of Sea Foam in the tank. Has the miss disappeared? Nope. Its still there, but not as savage. Just the occasional burp here and there. Does B1 go any better. Hard to say, but it goes like a Bondi Tram when given its head. I tipped about 5 litres of fuel out of the tank. There was about 4 litres of sediment floating around in it. It didn't smell too fresh either.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
Nick.
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the top one is 12mm and the bottom 13mm