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

[mk1mark at gmail.com (Mark F.)]

On 4/22/05, Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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".
> 
> 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.
> 
> After you're -6, knock your socks off with all the Earl's AN fittings and lines you need.
> 
> 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



That is some GREAT information there Ron!   (worthy of a Gmail
'star'/move to the 'keeper' folder...)

Thanks!

Mark.
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