Fuel line fitting - tube wobbles

[tubman]

I guess I'll have to ask; this IS a run stand isn't it?

 

[Ziggster]

Yes/no. Using my speedster chassis as the test stand.

 

[tubman]

That explains the brass cooling plumbing.

 

[Ziggster]

Yeah, got a rear mounted rad. Just wrapped up the coolant system. Got some leaks at the pump gaskets. If interested, here’s the link to my build thread on the HAMB.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/my-gn-cycle-car-tribute-build.1131795/page-32

 

[Mart]

For what it is worth I tried those fuel fittings with the built in ferrule. I didn't like them. I did find, though, that the nuts will still work with a conventional barrel shaped ferrule. Nuts designed for use with separate ferrules are preferable but the other nuts will work in a pinch.
Mart.

 

[Ziggster]

Good to know. I found some 1/4 regular box store ferrules in my stash of parts.

 

[Als48]

For what it is worth I tried those fuel fittings with the built in ferrule. I didn't like them. I did find, though, that the nuts will still work with a conventional barrel shaped ferrule. Nuts designed for use with separate ferrules are preferable but the other nuts will work in a pinch.
Mart.

Mart, I remember the Imperial Eastman brass fittings we used at the plant I retired from. They had the break-away ferrule made onto the nut. They worked quite well and were used all over the plant on copper tubing mostly. Do you know if Imperial Eastman is/was an English company? We sure used a lot of those fittings. They looked a lot like the Ford tube fittings.

Al Hook

 

[joel]

Amen!

 

[ThirstyThirty]

good thing you wondered, inquired and got it all sorted out. fuel leaks don't cut it! and I never seen a loose fuel line fitting/connection that did not leak!