Steel fuel lines through center tunnel question Options

[Demick]

I'll be taking advantage of my engine being out to move my fuel pump to the front and run steel fuel lines through the center tunnel. I know many of you have done this. I just have one question:

Regarding the ~30 degree bend that happens near the front firewall to go through the front gromet: can I put this bend in the tube first and then insert it all the way through the rear firewall and up to the front? Or do I need to somehow add that bend with the tube already in place (maybe insert it too far so that I can make the bend in the fuel tank area and then pull the tube back to it's proper place). I thought I remembered making the bend first, but it seems like it would be awfully hard to get it through the center tunnel with the tube already bent.

Just wondering what the easiest way is.

Thanks
Demick

[Marlow]

I pre-bent my lines before installing them. It wasn't too difficult to get them in. I didn't see a way to bend them afterwards as there's no room up front to get a tubing bender in there. I suppose you could try to bend them by hand but I was afraid of kinking the lines.

The most trouble I had was with the passenger side line as the tunnel starts to curve in just forward of the firewall. Took a few tries at different angles, twisting and turning but not too bad. I did not know at the time that the old lines were in brackets, I may have done it differently had I known.