[AJD] Deere fuel line technique...I need a nudge

[Dave Ernst]

I had the same problem with this D I'm working on. What I finally did was to 
fake it. I drilled out a larger piece of tubing so the ID fit the OD of the 
gas line cut it to the length that originally protruded beyond the end of 
the nut and then used a ferrule on the original line. Can't tell the 
difference.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:10 PM
Subject: [AJD] Deere fuel line technique...I need a nudge


>
> I'm working on my H again, chasing down the last seep in the fuel system.
> Thanks Ron and others, for the tip on Fuelube / EZTurn, that sealed the
> valve right up and also got the needle seat to seal in the carb body.
>
> Then I noticed a little seep in the main fuel line.  Hey, no probs, I'll
> just unsolder those glands off the ends, bend up some new tubing, solder 
> the
> glands on, and it would be good as new.
>
> One gland came right off and soldered onto the new line just fine.  But I
> can't get the other one apart.  On to the junk box, found 2 more glands 
> with
> stubs of tubing in them.  Can't get one of those loose either, and thought
> before I started on the last one I'd better come up for air.
>
> Started with propane heat, then advanced to acetylene.  Get the glands 
> nice
> and red, have a place where I can get some decent pull and a little twist 
> on
> them, but no budge.
>
> Other than giving up being stubborn and paying Robert's $6.18 for new ones
> (cripes, at that price I'm ashamed to admit I've spent a few hours on this
> already...oh, well, doing things the smart way never was a strong suit of
> mine...), anybody got a technique in your back pocket that would help me
> here?
>
> And I've got nothing against Roberts, in case one wonders.  He's been real
> helpful, and I even bought a carb for my AR from him a while back.  It was 
> a
> work of art, all painted with the brass plugs shined and put on after the
> paint job, it was a work of art.  Kind of hate to put fuel in.
>
> Thanks for help, once again!
>
> B²
>
> Bill Brueck (brick)
> Chatfield, MN, USA
>
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
>
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