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| | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | i have an aluminum fuel cell with a -8an male fitting on the fuel pickup. i also have a Fram HPGC-1 canister type fuel filter it has female 3/8 npt fittings. i need to connect the two.i really dont want to run braided steel lines.i want to use 3/8 steel hard lines.i found fittings at NAPA that are male 3/8 npt on one side and female 3/8 (tube ? with an inverted flare) to connect the fuel lines to the filter.i need a fitting 90deg that will let me go from female -8an to 3/8 line. i found something from Earls but they wanted like $31.00 for a single fitting and i would still have to use a couple more adapter fittings to get it where i could hook it up.any thoughts would be appreciated.........dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | ...fuel cell with a -8an male fitting on the fuel pickup.
fuel filter has female 3/8 npt fittings.
i need to connect the two.... i want to use 3/8 steel hard lines.
i found fittings at NAPA that are male 3/8 npt on one side and female 3/8 (tube ? with an inverted flare) to connect the fuel lines to the filter.
i need a fitting 90deg that will let me go from female -8an to 3/8 line. So what do you really need? Will a 90 degree male 3/8" NPT to female 1/2" tube (same as inverted flare) work to connect fuel filter to line from tank? then to connect this 1/2" line to the tank use a tube sleeve and nut with a 37 degree single flare directly to the male -8 port on the tank? Grigg | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | the pick up tube fitting is on top of the tank.thats where i need the 90deg fitting.will the tube sleeve and nut work with steel line or is primarily for aluminum line ?..........dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,897 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,897 | Welcome to the fun of AN fittings. They just don't come cheap. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | The tube sleeve and nut work just the same for any type of line with AN or JIC fittings. I used 3/8" stainless fuel line, stainless tube sleeves and nuts, and steel JIC type fittings, which for all intents and purposes are the same as AN, only made of steel and often cheaper.
If you can fit a nice 90 degree bend in the tube that should work great? If not then you'll need an adapter with a tight 90 degree bend, let me know and I'll look up one that may work.
Grigg | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 128 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 128 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,260 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,260 | Looks like, from the tank, you can go Parker C6X to your steel line using a BTX nut and TX sleeve. At the filter end, you would go with an FTX and another BTX / TX combo. All -6. Except that I forgot the 8-6 TRTXN to go between the tank and the C6X. It is a -8 ( 1/2") to -6 (3/8") reducer. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | Why not just use these fittings from Pegasus and be done http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/group.asp?GroupID=PLUMANRUBLess than the local parker dealer
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | scott,that may be the way to go.at this point it seems like a no brainer........dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | Dave, if you dont see what you need, call them. As far as race shops go, Pegasus has the best customer service that I ever ran into. Also, if needed check out their brake pluming. That is where I go for stainless braided.
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Just a Tip on AN fittings...Aero & Earls are very pricey check out Summitts own brand name AN fittings they run well under 1/2 the price of the above named brands and are I feel are just fine for the hobbiest,(summitt -8 90 $14.95 Earls $30+) now if ya was runnin Top Fuel ya may want the higher priced stuff.
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