DeTomaso Mailing List: June 98, Message #340

John: 

  I just finished a re-plumbing project on my 73 and believe what you
are describing are the european "bubble" flares that go to the T
fitting. Any of the vendors should have replacements or find a mechanic
that does euro restorations, they will probably have a bubble flare
tool.


   Bob Howard





John R. Haas wrote:
> 
> More fun!
> When I pulled the calipers off to rebuild them I found that
> somehow, somewhere, the small hardlines between the "T" and
> the caliper had been smashed badly. No big deal right? But
> I am confused by the fact that one end of the line has a standard
> double flare but the other end has what I would describe as an
> inverted flare, i.e. the line flares outward but then way back
> inward, and axially outward down to about a 1/16" i.d.
> 
> Does anyone know what up with this?
> 
> TIA, John