[GregWeld]

When I said I have tools for these kinds of lines ----- I have a saw that has a blade that resembles a meat slicer... it cuts the SS braided cover and slices thru the liner without deforming it or melting it etc... it makes a perfectly nice squarely sliced "end" of the hose....

Then I have a tool that takes the olive and inserts it (the olive goes between the braid and the PTFE liner). You first put this tool in the hose end - which slightly expands the braid -- and also smoothes out and slightly (as in extremely slightly) opens the end of the PTFE... then you load the olive on it and push the ferrel onto the end of the hose.

These are not complicated tools...

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/aer-fbm3646


Here's another....

http://pitstopusa.com/i-5062773-earl...flon-hose.html





Here's a how to video:

Personally this is how a hack would do this kind of work... I was STUNNED that anyone would actually make a video showing such CRUDE workmanship... but it does discuss some critical steps... particularly the way the liner needs to be smooth INSIDE after the olive is inserted -- because to me == that's the hardest part of doing this type of hose.









This is another video on assembly -- and again -- it I was this much of an amateur at hose assembly I'd quit the hobby... but it still gets the average guy an idea what he's dealing with.