I have a Mccormick British B450 that has hard diesel fuel lines. This is a late 1950's diesel and it's not a common tractor. Anyway, a couple of my fuel lines have pin holes in them and I want to replace them. I have 5/16 steel line and it's very hard to bend. My bending tool will do it, as will my slip on spring benders. The issue is that my fuel lines have very small radius 90 degree bends and I cannot duplicate that without the lines kinking. Even 45 degree bends are getting iffy. I rebuilt them by bending by hand and the only way to do it is to take some that is shaped like this: |__| and make it look like this: U. That's ok but it's not pretty. It fits and it will probably work but I feel like I can do better with the right tools or maybe just the right line. I used to us hard brake line but this time I bought 16' of steel fuel tube. It's hard to bend by hand.
What's the trick to getting nearly mandrel bent tight 90 bends on fuel line? Unfortunately? You can't just go buy a new one. This has to be made by hand like some artisanal tractor craftsman and stuff. What's the trick ?
What's the trick to getting nearly mandrel bent tight 90 bends on fuel line? Unfortunately? You can't just go buy a new one. This has to be made by hand like some artisanal tractor craftsman and stuff. What's the trick ?
