bead roll or flare on ?1/4"? steel fuel line???

Sorry for the silly question. I want to attach plain rubber fuel hose on the ends of my fuel rails but I want to cut the ends a bit shorter (just space problems) the ends are bead rolled from the factory. How should I finish the ends off so the hose can't leak?

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Gone fishing

I have always just rolled/flared the ends of fuel line with a phillips screw driver. Just wallow it around a tad to flare the end. Use a small file to remove any burs or sharp spots. You don't want to shave any rubber pieces and plug an injector. A spray of brake kleen will make the line slide right on and with no damage or residue. Make sure you use fuel injection hose.

Gene

Take a double flaring tool and do the first step halfway.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
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Pete Wrote:
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> Take a double flaring tool and do the first step
> halfway.
>

Dave, this is all i ever do.

I'm also pretty use the line is 5/16"

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Chris

well that was easy....
Bought myself a cheap double flaring kit which included a neat de-burring tool. Cut the fuel rails, put a really nice double flare on it and spent a lot of time with some emery cloth making the piece super smooth and professional looking. Now ze car may start!

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Gone fishing

david amor Wrote:
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> well that was easy....
> Bought myself a cheap double flaring kit which
> included a neat de-burring tool. Cut the fuel
> rails, put a really nice double flare on it and
> spent a lot of time with some emery cloth making
> the piece super smooth and professional looking.
> Now ze car may start!


except you have some new bushings for the suspenders coming by priority mail.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> david amor Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > well that was easy....
> > Bought myself a cheap double flaring kit
> which
> > included a neat de-burring tool. Cut the
> fuel
> > rails, put a really nice double flare on it
> and
> > spent a lot of time with some emery cloth
> making
> > the piece super smooth and professional
> looking.
> > Now ze car may start!
>
>
> except you have some new bushings for the
> suspenders coming by priority mail.
>
> John Vanlandingham
> Sleezattle, WA, USA
>
> Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
>
> www.jvab.f4.ca


I heard! Thanks John. BTW, Ontario's gonna have an all "tarmac" event on a track in peterborough as a regional event. I REALLY wanna run it! Can I use some shorter springs (from you, hint hint) to get the ride height somewheres reasonable for smooth track road coarse kinda thing?

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Gone fishing