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<blockquote data-quote="crash2" data-source="post: 948473" data-attributes="member: 15940"><p>One thing I could never under stand is why they use AN fittings on fuel cells--I guess so you have to pay as much on fittings as you do the fuel cells. In any case on this particular cell the fittings are -8. Now I don't use An alot so I still kinda stuble thru it but I am getting the basic priciple down. Now from my understanding I was under the assumption -8 was roughly 1/2" (where -6 is 3/8). So I got a couple -8 90 degree fittings and some 1/2 fuel line. Well when I tried to get the 1/2" fuel line into the fitings there was NO WAY that stuff was going to fit. So I grabbed some 3/8 rubber line and with some gentle work I was able to get the stuff to go NICELY into the fitting.</p><p>So here are some of those FANCY fittings,lol</p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album24/joe130.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>So I pondered how I was going to run the fuel line down thru the tub. Well I knew I had to go from the 3/8's hose to the 5/16(stock) hose. So I decided to do something I had tried in the past that worked really good. Basically use brass fittings and have them sandwhich'd to the tub to hold them into place. This let me not only go from 3/8 to 5/16 but it also made a very secure pass thru for the fuel with no worries of rubber hose rubbing against any single edges.</p><p>This picture is from the front side of the fuel cell--it was very tight to get any pics of the setup. But I used 1/2" washers to get the right pre-load when the fittings were screwed together.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album24/joe131.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album24/joe132.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crash2, post: 948473, member: 15940"] One thing I could never under stand is why they use AN fittings on fuel cells--I guess so you have to pay as much on fittings as you do the fuel cells. In any case on this particular cell the fittings are -8. Now I don't use An alot so I still kinda stuble thru it but I am getting the basic priciple down. Now from my understanding I was under the assumption -8 was roughly 1/2" (where -6 is 3/8). So I got a couple -8 90 degree fittings and some 1/2 fuel line. Well when I tried to get the 1/2" fuel line into the fitings there was NO WAY that stuff was going to fit. So I grabbed some 3/8 rubber line and with some gentle work I was able to get the stuff to go NICELY into the fitting. So here are some of those FANCY fittings,lol [img]http://rdsd.com/albums/album24/joe130.jpg[/img] So I pondered how I was going to run the fuel line down thru the tub. Well I knew I had to go from the 3/8's hose to the 5/16(stock) hose. So I decided to do something I had tried in the past that worked really good. Basically use brass fittings and have them sandwhich'd to the tub to hold them into place. This let me not only go from 3/8 to 5/16 but it also made a very secure pass thru for the fuel with no worries of rubber hose rubbing against any single edges. This picture is from the front side of the fuel cell--it was very tight to get any pics of the setup. But I used 1/2" washers to get the right pre-load when the fittings were screwed together. [img]http://rdsd.com/albums/album24/joe131.jpg[/img] [img]http://rdsd.com/albums/album24/joe132.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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