On Aug 20, 2:17*pm, k-man wrote:
On Aug 15, 8:09*am, nick hull wrote:



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*KC wrote:
On Aug 14, 4:27*pm, "Steve Barker DLT"
wrote:
get the proper tygon hose and you will not have a leak. *It's the
transparent yellow looking hose available at the small engine shops..

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*Agree. *The trick to getting it through the hole 'easily' is to cut
the end at a narrow "v" about 3/8" or more. *Poke the end through the
hole as far as it will go, go in through the fuel cap hole with a pair
of forceps or long nose pliers, grasp the fuel line, and pull it
through as much as you need. *It pulls a lot easier than trying to
push it.

I cut the end in a LONG diagonal, maybe 2". *Real EZ to feed thru the
hole and pull, costs little.

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Thank you all. *Sounds like replacing using the right fuel line is the
way to go.

Thanks.
Kevin

Wound up getting some fuel line from a small engine parts shop via
mail order. The line was "black" and described to fit the
Homelite's. Nice quality line; but it was just slightly too thick.
Couldn't push it through at all. Did the long, diagonal cut but the
line simply kept on stretching if I tried to pull it through. I wound
up drilling out the tank holes slightly and that did the trick. Took
several minutes to push the return line in and to push the intake line
through the tank far enough so that I could reach the end to put the
fuel filter on it! Took a while but ideally the fix is DONE and
should stay done for a long while. Trimmer works great now.

Thanks again for the tips.

Kevin