winabbey wrote:
Bill - can you please explain the steps to get the new fitting in the displacer? Is the old stub cut off and the new fitting simply screwed in?
The original hose needs to be removed, leaving a 3/8inch (I think) stub spout sticking out of the rubber.
Slide the hex nut onto the stub - hex end first, as far as it will go (see the top photo).
Next, slide the bullet-shaped sleeve over the stub pipe with the chamfered nose first. Its chamfer will sit in a tapered seat at the end of the hex nut.
The blanking plug in the top of the photo is screwed into the top of the hex nut and tightened to compress the bullet sleeve into the taper and grip the stub pipe, a bit like an olive fitting. Once complete, unscrew the blanking plug and keep for the next time....
I had a completely new hose made, so the displacer end of the hose has the same thread as the 'Versa Flare' adaptor. Even the old hose, reused, will need a union to fit the repair.