Thanks All for several ideas. I will try the local Car Quest shop since they made up some transmission hoses for me and crimped the AN fittings in a big press. Maybe they have a crimper too? The final answer is that I am just a few blocks from an air field (Hanover Air Park) and there are a lot of supporting light industries there; it turns out it needs to be done right although maybe Pat's way is another possibility for a home builder. I learned from the AN hose fittings that there are some things that just require special tools and I guess this is another case of that.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder