I'm in need of an obsolete part for a 1982 Kenmore oven, model
#103.3248291. I've scoured the net and local shops, nobody has it or
an equivalent part.

It's a piece of 3/8" aluminum tubing with flared ends and inverted nut
fittings on each end. It runs from the regulator to an exterior
shutoff valve (not the wall shutoff). The Sears part # was 294395.
When I removed the oven to fix a bad igniter, I discovered the tubing
had become damaged from a bad installation of the oven years ago, so I
need to replace it.

One shop tried making me a new one by cutting off my existing flared
ends and joining them with a compression fitting to a new piece of
tubing, but the compression seal leaked whenever I wiggled it (I live
in L.A., earthquake country).

Does anyone know a shop that might carry this part? I'm at my wits'
end.

An alternate would be if I could find someone who could make a new
tube properly, with the correct flared ends. Anyone know of any shops
in the L.A. area that can machine something like that?