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The new to me '88 fuel line suffered a vice grips use and its up to me to repair it.
Plan is to use a tubing cutter to remove the tip, slide the buggered one of, slide a new one on and then use a flaring tool to create the correct bubble flare.
Anyone been there done that who can offer advice on the correct tube flaring tool?
That looks like my current favorite fuel line. Here's another place to look for parts: https://store.fedhillusa.com/38directory.aspx (I think that's close to a 3/8" line, in the picture and on the car).
It looks like you can buy the right dies for larger lines but I can tell you from experience that there is not way to make that flaring tool work in the car. The tools that I found that would work in situ were all a little janky looking for my taste.
I had an issue with the main delivery pipe into the engine bay many YEARS ago - had to cut and join it underneath. Got a compression joiner with olives from Pirtek, nipped it up under pressure, has never leaked.
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