Any ideas where to get a return line that fits. Both ends are 1/8” inverted flare male nuts with an 8” copper tube. I haven’t been able to find 1/8” tube that will flare. And forget about finding 1/8” fittings.
The 18” copper that I found was soft refrigerator tube. Every time I tried to get a good flare it would split and leak
Not in 8”
Fritz Maurer
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Dieseltech
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- Akron, Indiana
That won't work at the tank end..
wore out
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Dunno why the O.P.'s posts show "8"" instead of 1/8"???
And why he is trying to double flare an injector leak off line that "sees" almost no pressure?
I have several sets of double flaring tools that were not cheap when I bought them and they don't go down to 1/8", the smallest "double flare" insert/die is 3/16".
That being said, there's a lot of info missing here, I can't imagine the original lines being copper, or being 1/8", of course anything is possible.
Someone needs to post a link to the FIAT or Messicks parts lookup site so the O.P. can show us EXACTLY what part(s) he is dealing with, I am posting from my fone and am not gonna attempt to do that right now.
Fritz Maurer
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Why , how is that flare fitting attached to the tank?
shaun wallace
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- Stith, Jones County Texas
Fritz Maurer
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Does it look like this?
Actually the other end opposite the fuel tank went into the side of the block. I’ll get pics of that. Both ends use an inverted flare male nut that attach to inverted flare female fittings. The fitting on the tank cannot be changed unless I take the whole unit out of the tank. I’m working on a different setup but there’s different sizes and types that I have to figure out before I get the parts. I got a fitting to go in the block to change to 1/4” and I have 1/4” tube. Then I found out I can’t change the fitting on the tank. So I’m trying to figure out how to attach the 1/4” inch tube to the tank.
It would have been a lot easier just to replace the 1/8” tubing. But that was easier said than done! The clamp part of the flare tool wouldn’t hold the pipe from moving. When I tried to flare it would push the tube out of the clamp. That’s with using 1/8” refrigerator tubing.
I’m trying not to buy a bunch of different size parts. That’s life working on old tractors!
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