Copper fittings etc

[Campingstoveman]

Gentlemen,
Where do you all purchase your copper tube olives and nuts for fuel lines
etc.

Martin P

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[Tim Leech]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:23:31 +0100, "Campingstoveman"
<martin...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

>Gentlemen,
>Where do you all purchase your copper tube olives and nuts for fuel lines
>etc.
>

If you want Imperial OD tube & compression fittings, a bottled gas
supplier or marine chandlery, especially a canal chandlery, is a good
place to start. Bottled gas stuff in the UK is still mostly Imperial
sizes. Copper olives are a requirement for LPG connections, brass is
more common for fuel lines etc though copper generally works perfectly
well. If you want Metric in 10mm & up, maybe also 8mm, try a plumbers'
merchants.
If you want conical soldered nipples, there are a couple of specialist
suppliers sevicing the collectors'/vintage car market.

HTH
Tim

Dutton Dry-Dock
Traditional & Modern canal craft repairs
Vintage diesel engine service

[Martin Hirst]

Have used this firm a couple of times for tube and solder on fittings, not
the cheapest but not the dearest either.
http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/en/list+taps,+pipe+and+fittings~fittings/
Cheers,
MartinH

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[Kim Siddorn]

It's not easy, I rebuild several small engines a year and finding them
petrol tanks & lines is usually the most time consuming and fiddly business.

I don't suppose anyone with a small production facility would be prepared to
run some nuts and solderable nipples off at a reasonable price? I bet they'd
get snapped up at engine jumbles!

regards,

Kim Siddorn.

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[philipte]

I don't suppose anyone with a small production facility would be
prepared to
run some nuts and solderable nipples off at a reasonable price? I bet
they'd
get snapped up at engine jumbles!

Ken Hickman normally has nuts and nipples for sale, and no doubt will
be at the Sortout this Saturday.
Failing that the Complete Automobilist also sells them on line, just
google for their details.

Regards

Philip T-E

[Mark Drake]

If you want nice brass tube in 4, 6 and 8mm diameters, in 1 metre lengths,
try your local B & Q warehouse. Excellent quality and cheap. Not sold at
the normal B & Qs, only the larger warehouse type stores.

A good source of olives and nuts and many other useful workshop items,
providing you don't mind buying a box, is a company called Eurostock
Springs. Telephone number is 01527 540600. (based in Evesham). If you
ask for a guy called Dave, he'll help you out and will post any number of
boxes for £4 postage. Website address is
www.eurostock.co.uk
If you have a friendly, local carpart stockist, with an account with
Automec, they can order for you, boxes of single-size nuts and olives,
metric and imperial. Unfortunately, they don't supply direct to the public.

Probably, the easiest way though, for any brass fittings is to go to America
for them. I find them much cheaper and less expensive even with postage,
and a much better selection. Check out the website of McMaster-Carr,
www.mcmaster.com

Hope these might help.

Regards, Mark