Made my first flare fitting

[tomtucson]

I have never liked the burner fuel lines being hose, with all the heat etc in the area, and then I had them fall onto the pulley and get gnawed! - lost heat and found a smokey mess with diesel spraying around the engine and muffler - NO fire thank the Lord. So I replaced the lines with copper and flare fittings, still have a small length of hose right at the tank which I think helps to have some play

 

[Liberty SoftWash]

Looks good!

 

[Christopher]

Good job Tom.

Those flares can be tricky sometimes with copper, sometimes they split where you are making the flare so you have to cut that off and try again. I eventually got good at them years ago working on cars.

I am sure that line will last longer than the machine.

That is actually a very good idea and makes the unit a lot safer.

 

[tomtucson]

I did split one Chris, but it was fun making them, the flare fit seems pretty solid and it's tried and true. I feel 100% better with the metal fuel lines.