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dsraven · 01-26-2021, 12:03 AM

if unsure what to do, get a double flare tool, practice some with some extra tubing, then cut the offending length of the old lines out, back a bit from the brackets. use a tubing cutter for this, then slip a new flare nut over the tube and do a new double flare on the tubes. then make a connector tube to fit between the cut off parts, formed so that it is bent around the bracket. source some double sided connectors for the flare fittings so you can install the patch tube in between the cut off tubes. bleed the brakes, that will get you going till you decide if you need to change it later.

01-26-2021, 12:03 AM	#3
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 7,873	Re: Gas Line run on a S10 frame with homemade cab brackets. How do you run them? if unsure what to do, get a double flare tool, practice some with some extra tubing, then cut the offending length of the old lines out, back a bit from the brackets. use a tubing cutter for this, then slip a new flare nut over the tube and do a new double flare on the tubes. then make a connector tube to fit between the cut off parts, formed so that it is bent around the bracket. source some double sided connectors for the flare fittings so you can install the patch tube in between the cut off tubes. bleed the brakes, that will get you going till you decide if you need to change it later.