So I had a bad fuel line from my fuel pump to my carburetor, so I bought a replacement online. It matches the original, but I can't actually get the fuel line to fit right in the car, almost like the shape is wrong or something. Is there some trick to installing one? I've never had to do it before.

 

Have you tried to feed it from underneath the car, just my 2cents.

 

Is it off a little bit from point a to b, or is the fitting on the carb in a totally different place? You can rebend/reshape the line, go slowly and be careful not to kink it. You probably don't have a tubing bender, so you can use a round pipe (not too small) as a guide to push and bend against.

 

its all in the fine tuning and small adjustmentd of bending in the correct spots go slow and make small adjusments