well i woke up this morning to finish up the drivers side padding and carpet
i had tar bleeding thru because no pad
i had just a little carpet left from last falls install
but this is why i had a black heal

so i pulled it out and had to scrape


the pad is fiber touch for a house.i found it in a dumpster at a renavation down the street.
i cut the pad fitted it pulled it to trim
and made a copy of carpet

layed it in nice and buttoned it up

it looked real good BUT the corn rows were WRONG
i said "oh well i can live with it"
BUT then i drove it across town "after a charge"
and when i got to the store it was driping fuel
oh no i just did padding,so we whent into the store and i bought 80 inches of steel line coated and drove it home.
and sure enuff gas soaked brand new

so out with it again
ill need to do this again

the plan
now that the return line is not needed plug it before the cabin
and replace the main feed

now that i think about it i probably had a small leak for awhille
but i have it all under controll,exept the rain cloud that made me come tell all

Good luck Joe. It seems like there is always something going on with these old cars that we love!

my heart goes out to you. Had my own battle with leaking gas lines recently

http://forum.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtop ... =9&t=17531

thanks guys
ya i was reading it
in the back of my head i kept thinking
mines good no need to worry
they do look good BUT 34 yrs old...

carpets cheap and i have plenty of pad witch i used as a gasket for the shifter

I had a gas leak there too & yes it was the brand new carpet that helped me find it too.

might as well
while im in there replace the rubber hoses
and doubble check the short steel line back there

Man Joe, them are some good looking seats.

thanks
98 chevy suburbn there was a gm plant in town and thay had a seat covering co
that slashed pannels when trashing
i found the leather in the dumpster,wish i still had a few pieces"
that 98 had a half bench seat that was used for my back seat

the sides are vinal,the tops are leather
cost $600 at the apolster

my fuel line looked good"and it WAS
the return line i assumed was just as good
BUT there was on spot three inches

so i replaced the main line and caped off the return under the car

inspection of the remaining lines looked good
i dont want to wiggle them much

and recut some pad and use the smelly new carpet
i didnt have enuff
but again all is well

I agree gotta love old cars! Eventually you should replace the fuel lines. Not too bad of a job.

total repair cost $15
only because i reused the carpet
and when i bought that it was $20 for the whole car