'72 Fuel Filler Hose

[LenRobertson]

Pulled my gas tank to clean it and the already cracked filler hose tore in half (this is the hose with the little vent hose molded to it). I found this site: http://www.new-datsun-parts.com/datsun-510-parts-exterior1.html that has "DATSUN 510 FUEL TANK FILLER HOSE" for $48. Anyone know if the quality of these is okay? Are they NOS? Made in China? Or are these hoses still available from Nissan?

 

I have the DQ article on hacking a 240SX metal filler neck for a 510, but 240s are rare at P&S. I've heard a 280ZX neck can be used. Anyone tried this? Or some other metal neck with vent tube welded to it that can be made to work? If I can get a JY metal neck to work, I can skip the expensive molded rubber hose that will probably start cracking sometime in the future.

 

Len

[Braden]

Pulled my gas tank to clean it and the already cracked filler hose tore in half (this is the hose with the little vent hose molded to it). I found this site: http://www.new-datsun-parts.com/datsun-510-parts-exterior1.html that has "DATSUN 510 FUEL TANK FILLER HOSE" for $48. Anyone know if the quality of these is okay? Are they NOS? Made in China? Or are these hoses still available from Nissan?

 

I have the DQ article on hacking a 240SX metal filler neck for a 510, but 240s are rare at P&S. I've heard a 280ZX neck can be used. Anyone tried this? Or some other metal neck with vent tube welded to it that can be made to work? If I can get a JY metal neck to work, I can skip the expensive molded rubber hose that will probably start cracking sometime in the future.

 

Len

you can get some bitchin hose at the autoparts store, it has like 5 layers and a steel wire core, its about 12 bucks a foot

[73dime]

I have bought several parts from this site and have been very pleased. All his parts are NOS. Some things are a little pricy, but he has a lot of parts no one else has that are NOS.

[Unclejesse88]

If you want to try the unleaded filler neck upgrade per the DQ article, I've found that you can use almost any later (80's/90's) model filler neck. You will wind up cutting 90% of the filler neck off and chucking it anyway. I scavenged one from a pathfinder, which was only about six inches long to begin with.

[LenRobertson]

Thanks for all the ideas. I think I'll work on trying the metal filler neck hack. I need to dig out the DQ article and reread it. It would be nice to do a fix that I wouldn't have to mess with anymore, and use that super heavy hose ghettobraden mentions. I'm a lousy welder, but I know someone who can do that part for me. But it is good to know the New Datsun Parts company is a reliable source of parts.

 

Len

[DAW]

Are there any updates to this thread? (like maybe there's a cheap substitute that can be bought brand new aftermarket for $7 and it fits perfectly?)

[philcas1987]

Are there any updates to this thread? (like maybe there's a cheap substitute that can be bought brand new aftermarket for $7 and it fits perfectly?)

 

in youre dreams step up and buy the damn thing. i got some from nissan a few yeas ago. they had new nissan logos on the bags they came in

[DAW]

I was looking at a Datsun site with NOS stuff and they were no longer available. Yeah, I wouldn't have written the post if I could buy one.

[philcas1987]

did you call nissan? call them dont go by hear say. nissanparts.cc is good too call them!

[The Dat-side]

I went to the Nissan dealer with a part number. It was like $40 or something.

[Monacar]

Anyone know the p/n for the filler neck hose?