[Mgs] Whitworth Flare Nut Wrench?

[Barrie Robinson]

John,

I have been acquiring BSF/Whitworth taps & spanners/wrenches and di 
several searches on the 'net.  There are many suppliers in the UK and 
a few in the States.  I suppose what I am saying is keep looking 
using Google or preferably by Copernic (a much better search engine !)


At 09:33 PM 9/27/2011, mgmagnette at aol.com wrote:
>Anyone ever seen a source for Whitworth flare nut wrenches?  Regular whitworth
>wrenches are all over ebay, but not flare nut wrenches.  Thinking perhaps the
>brits have another word for flare nut wrench and that's why I can't find them?
>I have an old XJS that has Whitworth brass compression fittings in the fuel
>system.  The brass nut rounds off before the ferrule has a chance to deform
>the tube.  I've elminated most of these stupid compression fittings, but there
>are two into the gas tank that cannot be removed without welding the tank.
>
>-John
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Regards

Barrie
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