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mark tucker
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 Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:29 am Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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| DeathBySnuSnu wrote: |
That dash number is the size in sixteenths.
So a -6 fitting is 3/8 hose. I use -6 for fuel line.
For oil lines I like a -10
For vent lines a -12
I would think a -8 would be absolute minimum size for primary oil lines like on a full flow system.
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It is not that you need 5/8 hose on the oil lines. It is the inside diameter of the fitting, the barb that sticks in the inside of the hose and the inside of the npt to 37* flair adapter.
I have a minimum inside diameter of .433" and a preferred of .473" |
BINGO!!! on all of this. donut use -6 for oil lines.unless it's for valve spring oilers/spray bars, then a -4 could be used. |
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Ryan Tucker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:32 am Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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| On the AN size topic, whats the inlet thread going in a Weber IDA carb? |
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UK Luke 72
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Ryan Tucker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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| Cool. Thanks, im thinking maybe 12x 1.25mm?? |
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LOWE TECH
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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| Go to the site that Racer Dave linked. They have 'em and their service is good. |
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Ryan Tucker
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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Just verified in hardware store, side inlet is 12x 1.5mm
Top is 16x1.5
Also was giving the correct info from Richierich
My local race shop has that AN fitting on the shelf for 4 bucks, aluminum or steel |
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Patty60
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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| Thanks for all of the suggestions |
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jason
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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| I used to get mine from the local surplus store. They had used or new. They would swedge the ends on for free if those were what you wanted. |
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rugblaster
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:41 pm Post subject: Re: AN Fittings |
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When I was a young kid I had an uncle who had been in the military (Air Force) He worked at a local AFB as an A&P mechanic on F105 Starfighters, T38 trainers and F4 Phantoms......he acquired literally a metal trash can lid full of blue AN fittings that were kept in a pump house on my grandparents stock farm. He used them for repairs on tractors and such. Another aunt and uncle later moved into my grandparent's house and, I heard, while cleaning up "junk" they threw the trash can lid of fittings in a pit down in a pasture that subsequently got covered up with a front loader.
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UK Luke 72
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