[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

Originally Posted by AussieinNC

You need an inverted flare barbed fitting like this one....not a tapered pipe thread style fitting you are trying to seal....

Check your local auto parts store...

https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/produc...yABEgLMdPD_BwE

Here is what I was using. It looks uncannily similar to what is pictured in that link.
I ended up doing what I said with cutting the old metal line end and splicing it with the rubber hose (temporarily).