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...make sure they are facing the right way...
I recognize that as "experience."
To expand on the process a bit, maybe to help decide make or buy, the Harbor Freight, or even the Sears flaring tool isn't gonna work here. The Bundyweld tubing isn't as easy to flare as copper; you'll need a high quality flaring tool that can maintain its grip on the 5/16 plated steel.
Even waiting for a auction bargain, the tools will be a bit more than the lines at the dealership, but the tubing is cheap (McMaster-Carr). For me, the choice was easy having 8 cars to maintain, and being willing to pay for a new skill.
Try these p/n at Tasca when their site comes back up:
3547995, 3547996
Call to verify the numbers if you buy; I'm a 240 guy just using VADIS to get the 900 #s.
This is definitely overkill, in retrospect, but I was trying to build some sort of a template to make #2 copy easier to make next time. Also, I started this work making fuel lines, and found accuracy was a plus. There's a lot of wiggle room with the cooler lines because they are unsupported through most of their bends.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore
Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems
with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction
of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever
made in his life." -George Gamow
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