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Hi again,
I had a bit of an accident today with a fuel pipe, broke the end off.

Anyhow I've searched all afternoon on the interweb but can't find a ferrule maker.

Does anyone have a supplier I can buy some from. I have seen some on a website in the past but can't remember where.

Regards

I assume you are looking to form the flaring in the end of the pipe.

If so look for a pipe flaring tool (but check it can do steel pipe)

The pipe had a ferrule on the end!! This is the pipe that fits into the top of the inlet manifold in my other post "Heater Plug"

Ah right, I under stand.

Agrline do new pipes with the ferrules on for reasonable money ala:



If its the diesel pre-heat connection then the ferrule is a 3/8 UNF thread.

The one I have looks this sort of length

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-8-UNF-x-24-TPI- ... 4cef7ea4ab

Which of course means you should be able to pick one up at any good auto factors!

This is what I require, this came off the end of the pipe you can't really tell but the shape is like a mini barrell

That would be an olive then?

Ah Right

I had a bit of an accident today with a fuel pipe, broke the end off.

Anyhow I've searched all afternoon on the interweb but can't find an olive maker.

Does anyone have a supplier I can buy some from. I have seen some on a website in the past but can't remember where.

Regards

Olives are avaliable through engineering and pneumatic suppliers. Common in industry. They are used in compression fittings. If what they have don't look right this is because there are two types available, one for nylon line and the other for copper. They have different profiles, but engineering suppliers should have, or be able to get both types.

http://fittingsandadapters.com/comfit1.html

These guys may not be in the UK but it does show what you are after and the fittings they are used in. Google compressions fittings.

Thanks, I checked the site and there before my eyes was what I was looking for. Result

https://www.simpsonsupplies.co.uk

UK Supplier

Don't you all have hardware stores? Here all I'd have to do is pay a visit to my local hardware store and get any kind of ferrell's I need.

Having seen the retail chains you have in the States there is no comparison, at least not in New Zealand. I don't know what it's like in the UK, but in little ol New Zealand the hardware store would not know what an olive was. Where I live in Nelson there are only 1 or 2 specialist engineering supplies that stock this sort of thing. Hardware stores seem to be going through a move to bigger chains but the staff are young, low paid, and very light on knowledge. I'm sure we all grew up with, and miss, the local store with a wall full of draws and and old shop keeper who had everything, and knew just which draw to look in.

You wouldn't believe the hoops I've had to jump through to get these olives, I ended up ordering from the states and to cap it all I had to spend a minimum of $15.

woodseaves thats something, I am from the east coast of Ireland and they were of no problem, got them in the first motor factors I went into!
I hope other bits and oieces are easier for you to lay your hands on, nothing more annoying than to be stopped in your tracks by the simplest little things.

Agrline do new pipes with the ferrules on for reasonable money ala:

Thanks, what does ala mean?

Regards