Replacing mk1 hard fuel lines w/ future MS in mind?

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I couldn't agree more. A public thank you to Ron as well!

Mark F. wrote:

>On 4/22/05, Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>The lines are 8mm, which is essentially identical to 5/16"...so close that Parker Hannifin uses
>>the same ferrules and nuts for both 8mm and 5/16".
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>>You will want to flare the line and use a -5 ferrule and JIC 37* nut.  Then go to a -5 to -6
>>male-male adapter (since nobody makes all the groovy AN fittings for -5).  BTW JIC 37* and "AN"
>>are fundamentally the same.  There is a tiny difference in the thread form at the root, and that's
>>it.   Mating surfaces are identical. For our uses they are interchangeable.
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>>After you're -6, knock your socks off with all the Earl's AN fittings and lines you need.
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>>Here are the Parker P/N's:
>>Ferrule: 5TX
>>Nut: 5BTX (I believe the B=brass)
>>-5 to -6 male-male adapter (union): 6-5HTX, add SS suffix for stainless
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>That is some GREAT information there Ron!   (worthy of a Gmail
>'star'/move to the 'keeper' folder...)
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>Thanks!
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>Mark.
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