A flare nut wrench is kinda like a box end wrench with a little piece notched out. Go to craftsman.com .... they have pics online of these type of wrenches.

I imagine you could get away with a regular wrench but the flare nut will give more uniform torqing action on the nut.

HTH.

edit ... link to a pic. http://content.sears.com/data/product_images/009/44179/00944179000-190.jpg

Last edited by MarkO; 06/12/04 04:04 AM.
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