Flying on the Cheap - Again

Ken Reynolds wrote:
Excellent idea Bob
What about the effect of the fuel on the rubber or whatever seals in
the
couplings.
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Dear Ken,

You don't use the quick-disconnect couplings, just the straight,
one-piece fittings, over which you slide the hose, secured with safety
wire or hose-clamps.

-R.S.Hoover

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Ken Reynolds wrote:
Excellent idea Bob
What about the effect of the fuel on the rubber or whatever seals in
the
couplings.
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Dear Ken,

You don't use the quick-disconnect couplings, just the straight,
one-piece fittings, over which you slide the hose, secured with safety
wire or hose-clamps.

-R.S.Hoover


Yup, and you could even chuck it in the lathe turn some 'barbs' on it if you really wanted to...

"Blueskies" wrote in message
om...


Yup, and you could even chuck it in the lathe turn some 'barbs' on it if you
really wanted to...

True, but I am mystified why you would bother. I am holding in my hand a
nice brass NPT to hose barb fitting that I purchased at Ace hardware just
yesterday for 57 cents. Just how many of those things do you use in a
homebuilt and how much is your time worth?

Vaughn

"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"Blueskies" wrote in message om...


Yup, and you could even chuck it in the lathe turn some 'barbs' on it if you really wanted to...

True, but I am mystified why you would bother. I am holding in my hand a nice brass NPT to hose barb fitting that
I purchased at Ace hardware just yesterday for 57 cents. Just how many of those things do you use in a homebuilt and
how much is your time worth?

Vaughn


I think the original issue was the parts were not available. The ones identified are steel, also. I don't see the need
for the 'barbs' now that I have seen the actual parts.

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Dear Ken,

You don't use the quick-disconnect couplings, just the straight,
one-piece fittings, over which you slide the hose, secured with safety
wire or hose-clamps.

-R.S.Hoover


You have me good and confused. If you are talking about the coupling that
comes three of one kind and one of the other kind in a pack, and are quick
connect, the three are of the "male" designation, not the female as you
posted. Then, of course, you can get male or female pipe threads on either
of the types of couplings.

Or are you talking about the barbed fittings you can get that are used for
air hose repairs?

I like reading your write-ups, but this one lost me.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
wrote

Dear Ken,

You don't use the quick-disconnect couplings, just the straight,
one-piece fittings, over which you slide the hose, secured with safety
wire or hose-clamps.

-R.S.Hoover



You have me good and confused. If you are talking about the coupling that
comes three of one kind and one of the other kind in a pack, and are quick
connect, the three are of the "male" designation, not the female as you
posted. Then, of course, you can get male or female pipe threads on either
of the types of couplings.

Or are you talking about the barbed fittings you can get that are used for
air hose repairs?

I like reading your write-ups, but this one lost me.

i THINK he is saying... use the male end of the "quick connect fittings"
the part with no moving parts, no o rings... just a metal fitting... and
use it as a poor mans "barb". Of course, you could just as easy go to a
tool store and get barbed fittings too for not a whole lot more.

Dave

Morgans wrote:

You have me good and confused. If you are talking about the
coupling that
comes three of one kind and one of the other kind in a pack, and are
quick
connect, the three are of the "male" designation, not the female as
you
posted.
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Whatever.

I was picking them out of a bin, onesy-twosy, found out about the kit
later, obviously mis-read (or mis-typed) its description. Sorry for
the confusion.

I used a female fitting and a modified nipple as a bulkhead fitting
(ie, to the gascolator), male fittings everywhere else.

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Or are you talking about the barbed fittings you can get that are
used for
air hose repairs?

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Definitely not.

-R.S.Hoover

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=42444
Brass
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=4873
Steel

Picture jamming the hose over the part of the coupling that normally is
the "Male" part of the quick release coupling.

Compare to:

http://tinyurl.com/6r8wg

although this may not the the exact equivalent size for the hose Bob is
using, you get the picture.