Replacing mk1 hard fuel lines

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

For you guys contemplating starting from scratch w/ your hard fuel 
lines, here's the pearl from Ron I mentioned earlier (though I think 
he's shed the C/A moniker and this suggestion wouldn't fit anyway! :p )

L8R, JT
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>Jeff:
>
>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
>
>
>HTH
>
>Ron
>
>
>
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