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I used 3/16th pipe and 11mm fittings as I have a stock of such together with a basic flare tool. I understand that there is a special shape flare for most Japanese cars but as I used copper it just conformed as it was tightened. Works fine.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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Lambert wrote: I used 3/16th pipe and 11mm fittings as I have a stock of such together with a basic flare tool. I understand that there is a special shape flare for most Japanese cars but as I used copper it just conformed as it was tightened. Works fine.
Is that m11 x1 fittings lambert and are they short or long?
I’ve 3/16th copper pipe on the shelf but only m10x1 short fittings.
I just used what I had as it happened to fit. It's all old stuff from my land rover days including the horseshoe flare tool. Nothing was bought specifically for the Jimny m
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
