Re: [ST] Fuel Fittings

["Centaurious" <centaurious@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, Rod Brown,

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

The thread is BSPT, British Standard Pipe Thread, and I haven't found a source for metal elbows.

I would contact Great Bay and get the correct size fittings.

I posted info on sources for these fittings but there was no interest.

Todd


======= At 2003-12-23, 21:12:00 you wrote: =======

>Today was a beautiful day, so I put on a new 18 tooth sprocket and started
>to put on the metal fittings kit I got from Great Bay.  Everything was going
>great, the two males were on, then I tried the first female, the one that
>goes in the short fuel line.  Well that fuel line is about 1/4" ID and the
>fitting looks like maybe 3/8".  In any case too big fitting and too small
>fuel line.  Also the fitting coming out the tank into the short hose is
>small .  Anyone got a suggestion other than just put on some larger line and
>clamp it tight?  Now for the good part, the plastic fitting in the tank was
>put in using permanent loctite and self destructed in the hole.  Anyone know
>the thread size and pitch so I can get a tap to clean out the threads?
>
>Thanks,
>Rod
>
>
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Best regards.				 
Centaurious
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2003-12-24




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