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And neither did the master plumber at my home center, a retiree with 30+ years of experience. I know that you don't know my history of plumbing experience, and that you get alot of people who come here for last minute help, but it's not like I grabbed a PEX kit and cut the line on my fridge...

I most definitely did. Won't be cutting any water lines anymore. Although I still don't know how Whirlpool intended for me to install the water line, unless their copper compression kit they sell is the only way. I will never assume something as "standard" anymore... everyone I talked too said...

Solved Wanted to follow up on how I fixed this (just today, project got pushed back). I took the brass fitting into two home centers, they couldn't figure out the thread size.... thought it might be a PEX connection, but they didn't carry any stuff that small. I ended up searching online, and...

I will snap a pic when I get home. I would never have gone this route if the Pex kit I came with didnt come with that coupling... sigh. Yes I think it's the 5/16" OD tubing. The 1/4" NPT brass fitting looks like what i linked to earlier, but I will do more inspection and take pics when I get...

Thanks Terry. I should be able to strip away the tubing from the stock part I cut off... if it is in fact a hose barb, is that something I can reinstall with no tools? Looks like it would be a friction fit, but I just want to make sure.

OK, I will do that. Thanks for the advice! I think what I clipped off is something like this: http://www.westmarine.com/1/1/25420-1-4-npt-x-5-16-brass-hose-barb-from-moeller.html Never used a barb fitting, if this is what I end up getting from Whirlpool, is that a pressure fit? Or do I...

Do you know if what the manufacturers use coming out of their units is Pex? I guess I'm stuck with figuring out a connection for my now clipped line, or trying to find where it goes into the unit, and seeing if I can replace the whole thing. I would be fine sweat soldering a T and running solid...

I had a very old Whirlpool fridge, and recently replaced it with a new model with the front water/ice dispensers. There was an ice maker in the old unit, but it never worked, and I didn't think it was even hooked up. Until I moved the old fridge out, and it had a copper compression hookup to the...