Can you not cut the flare off, thread the nut on and re-form the
flare in-situ? Phil
[Edited on 5-6-06 by Hellfire]
Ok, admit it...
Who's spent ages fitting a brake pipe, getting all the bends perfect and all p clips riveted on, ends flared perfectly and then...
Forgot to thread on the nut !!!
Shall I redo the whole thing, or add in a female/male connector somewhere in its length ?
Pat...
LOL. We've done that on at least one occasion, so you're not alone Pat Can you not cut the flare off, thread the nut on and re-form the
flare in-situ?
Phil
[Edited on 5-6-06 by Hellfire]
Nope - it's just around a corner and cut perfectly to size.
Probably a new pipe I reckon...
All in a days work!
Just want to see how many other will admit to it as well!
Pat...
Guilty as charged melud!!!!!
Mac
More than once and i've put the wrong male/female flare on the end too 
it's worse when you thread both unions on the same way, so one's back to front!
seems doubly stupid compared to just forgetting.
i have more trouble forgetting to put heatshrink on before soldering wires.
tom
Been there, done that, got the Tee shirt. atb Chippy
Its one of the things we all have done and will probably all do again at some time.
Its always the most difficult to make part.........
Known as "Sods Law"
John
Iv done that many a time. It a right arse in your position. It ok if uv got enough to cut some off.
those who have built a car and not done this are very strange or just damn lucky!
I had a dodgy T piece that wouldn't seal but first tried to remake the flare.
I got an inline "shunt" from mac#1, solved the problem.
Yep, been there and done the silly deed, a2 or 3 times actually on various cars, most frustrating!
Y'know, having done it once, you'd think I'd learn, but nope, put it down to age , senility, or whatever, having created my best ever
flare I DID IT AGAIN
I call it my Duraplug moment (how many of you out there have wired up those rubber plugs and realised too late that you haven't put the cable
through the plug top first) seriously annoying.
Dave
It must have been a CRAFT moment.
Pat...
quote:
Originally posted by ned
those who have built a car and not done this are very strange or just damn lucky!
Ok I admit it......me too
ha ha - on this build ive never forgotten to do that, neither have i forgotten to thread some heatshrink on before soldering.
On previous exploits....... mmmm loads of times!
quote:
i have more trouble forgetting to put heatshrink on before soldering wires.
Put me down on the Muppet list too.
But I created a new league when after working through the night to fit a new clutch to my mini, I jumped in, started it up and then spotted the new
clutch plate on the passenger seat.......bugger.
clutch on my pinto went a few years back.
Engine out, clutch out, new one in, engine back in.
Refitting the clutch cable and noticed the outer sheath was all melted on the exhaust manifold
Clutch was fine just the cable that was buggered....................
I wont do it again though