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I talked to Frank and he told me that old style glass tube is:

"Originally it would have been a 1/8 OD tube, fitted between the tops of the ports, a common fix is to drill out the port so a longer tube will fit into port same as later models. Seals cut from silicone tubing should work for either."

I think I'll be going the "drill out the port" route, so a longer tube can be installed..  It will be tricky with this soft metal fitting and I might actually talk myself out of doing it.  But I am all out of small glass tubing.  If it isn't one thing, its another - I knew I should have bought a larger amount of tubes a year ago!

Well, not sure what my brother was thinking I told him it was soft metal and to be careful with the heat/flame. 

Epic Fail

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The nut just screwed off by hand as far as I know.  Yes, that is either the one I got off eBay or the one he already had.

I wonder how Weeden got these on the tank without melting them!