Well I believe I may have licked the leaking. What 52Carl said made a lot of sense to me so it was Lefty Lucy/Righty Tighty a few times. I took a caliper to the flare nuts and my wrenches and it appears the wrenches are 4-6 thousands oversized and one actually was sprung to be larger than that at the tips. Looks like Snap On may not be a bad idea for certain wrenches. 🤔 And I was mistaken when I said the flare fittings were brass. They were a nice shiny brass color but are metal. The magnet grabs right to them. Still struggling to get any pedal pressure but hope to win that too.