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deuce_roadster · 05-21-2019, 08:37 PM

Is the fitting you are using a "Ford nut" or is it a common compression fitting with a brass ferrule? A Ford nut doesn't use the brass ferrule, it necks down and the tapered bottom of the hole it screws into pinches the tapered end of the Ford nut down on the tube to make the seal.

05-21-2019, 08:37 PM	#2
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: 1933 manifold wiper fitting problem Is the fitting you are using a "Ford nut" or is it a common compression fitting with a brass ferrule? A Ford nut doesn't use the brass ferrule, it necks down and the tapered bottom of the hole it screws into pinches the tapered end of the Ford nut down on the tube to make the seal.