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June 30, 2015 at 7:47 pm
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quote ggoldy:
Does anyone have an example of this ‘inverted flare’. 20 years of plumbing is not helping me understand that LOL
Plumbers measure pipe as inside diameter. Everyone else measures pipe as outside diameter. Take your fuel line with you to be sure you get the right size.
A tubing cutter and a tubing bender are great tools if you plan on doing this to more than one motor.
You probably have incurred a type of inverted flare fittings on car brake lines. The end of the tube is flared, but the nut has a male thread, while a regular flare nut has a female thread. The 3hp carburetor bowl has provision to accept that inverted flare tube and nut (matching flare machined into the cavity where it goes.)