Replacement fuel line for strimmer

Tiglet

A couple of weeks ago I dug my old strimmer out of the cellar to find that the fuel lines had perished and petrol poured out of the tank as soon as I filled it.

Like an idiot, I threw the old fuel lines away and left the strimmer in the cellar. Today, I tried to find a replacement and found that it'll set me back at least £14 for two bits of plastic tube a couple of inches long.:eek: (If I'd kept them, at least I'd know what size to replace them with).

Please can anyone tell me the inside diameter of the tubes I'll need - I can find generic fuel lines from £3.60 so long as I know what size to get. It's a McCulloch Trim Mac 240.

Being a tightwad, even £3.60 seems a bit steep, so is there anything cheaper I can use as a substitute?

Thanks

fwor

Can you not just measure the size of the spigot that they fit onto, and buy the size that is just smaller than that?

I know on some chainsaws they tend to be recessed into the body, so slightly awkward to measure - if your strimmer is like that it might mean cutting up random tubular items (e.g. Biro bodies) to find something that's a close fit, then measuring that...