Thanks Brad. I do have the OEM fittings if I need them. The master one that takes a 14mm wrench is a little chewy from surface corrosion plus a little wrench slippage, even though I've always used a SnapOn Flank Drive open end on it. I can always touch it up with a file though.
The down stream end fitting came out clean thanks to sliding a box end over the old line (I cut it where the leak was) all the way up to the fitting.
I'm looking at the flaring tools on the websites now. The 29.99 one has nothing but bad reviews, lol.
I'm wondering if this one will do bubble flares like the factory made 'em?
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c...?q=51535&pos=1