<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div>All I can offer are guesses. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Would a place that makes hydraulic hoses be able to supply you with an alternative? Maybe they have reducing fittings? And once crimped together it should make a long-life connection. Perhaps they could even fabricate a SS or Al tube bent to the desired configuration with appropriate fittings on each end? </div><div><br></div><div>Eric Russell</div><div>Mebane, NC </div><div> </div><div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span color="#000000" size="3" face="Calibri" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;" style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; ; orphans: 2; widows: 2; display: inline!important; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; ; orphans: 2; widows: 2; display: inline!important; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: #000000;"><div><div><br></div><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>