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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

Any body know where to get a 1/8" NPT male to female 12-1.0mm bubble fitting also will need same in 14-1.5mm bubble trying to simplify adjustable prop valve install
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

doesnt exsist, been there, dont that

these guys have some crazy fittings and bubble flare unions that can help, you have no idea how long it took to actually find these parts and this site!

http://www.fedhillusa.com/

either way, you are still going to have to make a line with inverted flare on one side for the feed to the prop, and something to get tot he body line. I used a 14mm union from those guys, then took a 14mm nut, drilled and tapped it to 1/8 NPT, stuck a little piece of line with a bubble flare into it, screwed a close nipple into the new threaded side then to the prop. worked great, and i didnt have to modify the body lines.

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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 04:19 PM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

Thanks nothings ever freaking easy I spent all morning looking for the magical fittings hard to believe nobody makes such a part ,you have any pics of the piece you fabbed coming out of prop valve?
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

Pegasus has it the other way around NPT female, metric male)

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pro...s.asp?RecID=55

didn't check out the entire line up, maybe they do have it
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

those ones are not bubble flare are they? they are just straight imperial to metric adapters

and i dug around on pegaus when i was looking for fittings and they pointed my to fedhill
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

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Thanks nothings ever freaking easy I spent all morning looking for the magical fittings hard to believe nobody makes such a part ,you have any pics of the piece you fabbed coming out of prop valve?
i had one, i'll try to find it, or i can grab new ones
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

no your right the only place i seen so far is fedhill,but i believe the 14mm union is out of stock right now according to a google search i did if it is guess im cuttin and flarin and bitchin my way through it.I cant see how hard it would be to make female bubble fittings,i could of swore i heard something about a man goin to the moon?
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 12:01 AM
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Re: 1/8" NPT male to Female metric fittings?

Just did a story on this -- the union in this story came from the NAPA parts counter. I was surprised how many oddball fittings they had.

Cars that were built with metric fittings before ABS became common are in a weird place, and it's a bitch to find the proper fittings to put a prop valve in them or flare the lines for that matter.

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...xes/index.html




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