Stripped nuts, Two stripped nuts... Options

[Johnnyny]

While replacing the fuel filter the nut was damaged and I'm not sure how to just replace it but wait there's more while replacing passenger side brake line the nut that connects to the line stripped and is rounded off any help ideas and suggestions please and thank you

[Bitter]

first, you need to have been using a line wrench not a regular wrench but it's too late for that. Also if you get line wrenches the harbor freight ones are NOT ok and they WILL round over your line fittings. Water under the bridge though!


Here's what you need.
http://www.amazon.com/Tools-VISE-GRIP-Lock...=vice+grips+7lw

These come in small, medium, and large. They grip rounded hex extremely well without crushing or slipping and will grab onto sizes that have rusted between wrench sizes that want to round over because nothing fits right anymore. For the brake fittings you'll want to heat the line nut with a propane torch gently without getting the rubber line too hot (it'll damage it, if in doubt then just replace the rubber line). Once it's hot you can lock the vice grip wrench on and should be able to give it a pop with your palm and it'll break loose and you're golden.

The fuel fitting though, well you can't put a torch on it. You could but you'd be a real idiot to do so. You'll just have to suck it up and cut the hard line, take the filter off the car with the line attached, take it apart where there's room to work, and then put it back together using a compression fitting on the fuel line. If you twist the line that goes into the fuel filter off (like I did many years ago) then get a section of pre flared line, cut to the right length, bend it to fit, and put it together.

Youtube has tons of videos about most of what I've talked about, consult them for some great guidance. Pictures are worth a thousand words and all.