Re: duplicating steel fuel line

[Robert Wilkinson <wilk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nash Bapasola wrote:

I am in the process of duplicating the 5/16 in. steel fuel line that runs
under the car and which mates to a 5/16in. fuel hose. Factory produced hard
fuel line seems to have a bulge at the ends onto which the hose slips and I
was wondering whether anybody could tell me how to reproduce this or pehaps
suggest some other alternative. 

What you need is the "Parker hand beading tool".  It comprises a set of
dies for "beading" various steel/brass/aluminum tubing diameters--one part
extends into the tubing and bears against a corresponding part outside.
Problem:  Parker quit making these shortly after WWII--they're a
sought-after item, particularly in the aircraft arena.  There are some
substitutes, though not as good (see Aircraft Spruce, for example). I don't
have one either--they go for $200 plus on eBay.  Best alternative I've come
up with is a flare as you mention, or fit the tubing to a barb via a flare
or compression-to-pipe thread connector.

ps--nobody responded to my question about Spica belt dryrot--assuming
minimal mileage, how long should the replacement interval be? 

Bob Wilkinson
72 Spider
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