I'm having the same problem with my '93 e-150 work van. I had a fuel pump fail on this van exactly 10 years ago and the damn thing is inside the tank so the Ford dealership (right next to where it broke down) fixed it for $750. Looking at the invoice, it looks like they replaced the filler tubes at that time so ten years is how long mine lasted.

I have a 36 gal tank on this truck and it's 3/4 empty but I'm going to have to lower it at least somewhat to get to the band clamp on the tank end of the hose. This afternoon I scoped it out and soaked the tank hanger bolts with a rust buster. The hanger nuts are 15mm which seems kind of odd to me... is it?

So the consensus here is that generic 1.5" filler hose will work fine? And that I can get such a thing at any auto parts store?