Ack! Big fuel leak, need info!

[Ron Dame]

I've got a bit of an emergency on my 1980 Avanti II, so pardon the cross posts elsewhere.

I opened the shop today, after over a week of bitterly cold weather and was greeted with a very strong gasoline odor. A quick check shows it is leaking from either the fuel supply or return line, where the steel line attaches to rubber hose and disappears into the body behind the right rear wheel. The fuel lines are different than on Studebaker Avantis, so my workshop manual is of no help.

Does the A II have the same loop of rubber up into the sail panel, and is this part of that? How do all of the lines run? Does anyone have a diagram or photos? I'll call Dan Booth if I must, not that he isn't great... he's just very talkative and I want this fixed ASAP.

Tomorrow will get to maybe 40, so I can work out there without heat, I hope.

[mfg]

If you feel the source of fuel leak is concealed, I’d pull out the rear seat and fiberglass back plate to reveal fuel tank  and it’s connections.