I had the same problem on my TR4. I finally connected with a fellow lister
(can't remember the name) in England who found some copper ferrules at a
local hardware store that fit. They were for gas fittings as I recall, and
were basically a short length of thin wall copper tubing, not the shaped
brass compression fittings we see in the States. He was kind enough to mail
me a few in an envelope. Maybe there's a business opportunity here ; ^ )
Dean Mericas
1965 TR4
1974 2000 GTV
.
-----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:17:19 -0800
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Fuel Line (TR4)
> One thing I can say: you won't find the right fittings at your
local
> hardware or car parts store. I spent hours trying, as have others
on the
> list. If you need them, order the lines new from Moss or TRF if
they
> carry them.
The problem is not the line itself, it's the compression sleeve.
Last time
I asked, neither Moss nor TRF had a source for proper compression
sleeves.
Here's an article by Scott Suhring on one way to deal with this
problem :
http://www.cptc.org/tech_tips/Fuel_line_compression_fittings.htm
I turned up a special nut on the lathe that works with the standard
compression sleeve ... someday if I run out of more interesting
things to
do, I might make a batch of them & sell them. But I'm afraid it
won't be
any time soon.
Randall
|