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To complete the thread, after several attempts, I finally got it right and will be back on the water tomorrow. For me, the trick was cutting the tube at an agle and making sure that I had enough tube to flare over the o ring on the angle side. I am pleased with the results. Only thing I would do differently is I apparently heated the tube too much as I have a wave/ridge on the inside of the tube that I will need to deal with the next time I replace the tube. Hopefully it will just collapse on itself.

Thanks again for the help.