Purge tubing, and also I can't loosen AN fitting :( - Honda Prelude Forum

vooboo13 · 10-07-2003, 04:57 PM

First question, am I able to get the copper tubing at places like home depot? I already have the tube nut and the tube sleeve from the one it came with, but the tubing is just too short to reach the windshield so I wanted to get longer tubing.

And also, I have a T fitting on my solenoid and I need to remove it, but man it seems like it's stuck there. It has that teflon paste on it, is there anything I can do to loosen it up?

CTPRELUDE · 10-07-2003, 05:27 PM

Yeah you can get the piping from hardware stores. I think places like Hobby Lobby and craft shops have small pipes that would work as well. For the paste stuff I would use GOOF OFF or something similiar to loosen it up. Just dont use too much and get it inside the solenoid or anything.

vooboo13 · 10-07-2003, 05:45 PM

Goof off is probably like goo gone. I'll give that a try. Do I need a ferule? WRECKDRIVER told me that I might need one, but I think ferule = tube sleeve.. not sure though. The end of the tubing also seems to curve outward (like the end of a trombone) so that it won't slip. Does it come like that? or do I just hammer it to make it do that?

vooboo13 · 10-07-2003, 05:49 PM

See this pic..

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The tip gets wider. There's the sleave under it, and the nut further down the tube more.

laughin2.2 · 10-07-2003, 07:29 PM

The little piece closest to the flared end of the pipe is the ferrule. Pipe sleeves are a bit different but serve the same function. NOS purge kits come with ferrules that look like slightly oversized BBs.

vooboo13 · 10-08-2003, 10:40 AM

I see, so I could just use the pipe sleeve instead, and bend the end of it myself?

laughin2.2 · 10-08-2003, 12:24 PM

It should work. It works on nitrous kits, so I don't see why it wouldn't.

wreckdiver · 10-08-2003, 02:41 PM

That looks like the end is flared, does it butt up to the fitting it goes to, or does it slide into the fitting?

vooboo13 · 10-08-2003, 04:49 PM

The sleeve just slides all over the place, but I can't pull it out of the flared end. Since the tube is bent, the only way I can get that sleeve off is to cut the tube.