At 03:25 PM 07/26/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I am trying to redo the plumbing in my as but it is a total mis-mash of
>parts. Nothing fits. I have some quest and some copper tube. The copper tube
>going to the sink is to very slightly different sizes. one barely fits a 3/8
>flair nut. the other not at all, but it is two small for a 1/2 flare I tried
>quest fittings and had the same problem I have 3 sizes of copper tube and
>only one seems to be a standard size, and then not really. What a joke. I am
>so mad I could eat tacks. I have never encountered anything like it before.
>I am tempted to put the Mickey mouse arrangement of plastic and vinyl
>tubing and hose clamps back in.
>Ron
>
>
Ron,
You have copper tubing that had water which froze and expanded the tubing
size. I had the same problem. You can correct the problem by re-sizing
the tubing to 3/8" using the tube clamping part of a flare kit. Just clamp
the copper tube in the 3/8" hole and tighten. Loosen the clamp and rotate
the tubing 90 degrees and repeat. Keep checking the size and repeating the
clamping until your fittings fit.
Garnett Horner
60 Caravanner
WDCU @ http://www.servintfree.net/wbcci-dc/
