Cutting Stainless Braided Line?
09-16-2003, 12:53 PM
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what do you mean braze??
i got a couple of these fittings it's for 3/8 line, but no one makes adapters for 5/16 line. I figure I can flare it just a bit if I have too.
it's a 3/8" hard line to -6an male, no flaring
i got a couple of these fittings it's for 3/8 line, but no one makes adapters for 5/16 line. I figure I can flare it just a bit if I have too.
it's a 3/8" hard line to -6an male, no flaring
09-16-2003, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdadrifter' date='Sep 16 2003, 05:53 PM
what do you mean braze??
i got a couple of these fittings it's for 3/8 line, but no one makes adapters for 5/16 line. I figure I can flare it just a bit if I have too.
it's a 3/8" hard line to -6an male, no flaring
i got a couple of these fittings it's for 3/8 line, but no one makes adapters for 5/16 line. I figure I can flare it just a bit if I have too.
it's a 3/8" hard line to -6an male, no flaring
it's like a compression fitting on the hard line side, right?
09-16-2003, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by TYSON' date='Sep 15 2003, 08:00 PM
Some people use hose clamps around the braided line onto the nipple, but I think that's ghetto, and not really how the hoses are meant to be used.
09-16-2003, 01:44 PM
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Braze -
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): brazed; braz·ing
Etymology: French braser, from Old French, to burn, from breze hot coals -- more at BRAISE
Date: 1677
: to solder with a nonferrous alloy having a lower melting point than the metals being joined
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): brazed; braz·ing
Etymology: French braser, from Old French, to burn, from breze hot coals -- more at BRAISE
Date: 1677
: to solder with a nonferrous alloy having a lower melting point than the metals being joined
09-16-2003, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Sep 16 2003, 01:59 PM
this is off-topic, but are those holes in that crossmember stock on the fd or did you take a hole saw to it?
Remember they advertised that they "Even drilled holes in the pedals to make them lighter!"
09-16-2003, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Sep 16 2003, 09:57 AM
[quote name='mazdadrifter' date='Sep 16 2003, 05:53 PM'] what do you mean braze??
i got a couple of these fittings it's for 3/8 line, but no one makes adapters for 5/16 line. I figure I can flare it just a bit if I have too.
it's a 3/8" hard line to -6an male, no flaring
i got a couple of these fittings it's for 3/8 line, but no one makes adapters for 5/16 line. I figure I can flare it just a bit if I have too.
it's a 3/8" hard line to -6an male, no flaring
it's like a compression fitting on the hard line side, right? [/quote]
yeah it's compression type. I'll be using it in a couple days so i'll let you know how it turns out.
Either way your gonna have to cut the pipe to get rid of the lip the stock hose uses.
09-16-2003, 09:40 PM
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you may want to take a look at the lines currently on your car, and decide from there. If the lines are beginning to show rust or corrosion (road salt will eat through them over time) or the Lines will not meet the flow required for your next upgrade such as larger injectors or fuel pump then yes this is a very worthwhile upgrade
