Fuel system arrived, tough time with the fittings...
04-17-2010, 11:14 PM
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Fuel system arrived, tough time with the fittings... Well my fuel system just arrived, so I started messing with some of the fittings. I am using a 'Tanks Inc' in-tank fuel pump kit, with Russel fittings and the vette FPR.
Somehow I am having problems with the 'Tanks Inc' 1/4" NPT fitting working my my Russel 1/4" NPT to -6AN fitting. Do the Russel fittings usually go in pretty rough? I had to put the 'Tanks Inc' fitting into the vice and use a long wrench to get it to go in a short distance. It's not bottoming out by a long shot. Yanked it out, some of the blue deep in the threads of the AN fitting is rubbed off, but there are no shavings anywhere. None of the fittings (Four of them) have burs or anything on them.
Do they really just require that much effort? I didn't even have sealer on the threads.
Yet another dumb thread by me, thanks for reading!
My box of goodies (Fuel pump assembly is in another box)
Somehow I am having problems with the 'Tanks Inc' 1/4" NPT fitting working my my Russel 1/4" NPT to -6AN fitting. Do the Russel fittings usually go in pretty rough? I had to put the 'Tanks Inc' fitting into the vice and use a long wrench to get it to go in a short distance. It's not bottoming out by a long shot. Yanked it out, some of the blue deep in the threads of the AN fitting is rubbed off, but there are no shavings anywhere. None of the fittings (Four of them) have burs or anything on them.
Do they really just require that much effort? I didn't even have sealer on the threads.
Yet another dumb thread by me, thanks for reading!
My box of goodies (Fuel pump assembly is in another box)
04-18-2010, 10:22 AM
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I didnt have a problem with the fittings but I am not using the "tanks in" fitting, how ever, I did have a problem with the quick connect fitting that is going to slip into the oem fuel rail line, after driving my swap over 1000 miles it snapped off on day, I just slipped it back on the line and hasnt come off again? I remember seeing post somewhere about that problem... just so you know
04-18-2010, 12:01 PM
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Pipe threads are tapered, so they should get snug when they are tight.
But all of the Russel stuff I have used start out smooth.
Are you sure you got the right part? AN male threads are straight cut. Maybe they put the wrong part in the box.
But all of the Russel stuff I have used start out smooth.
Are you sure you got the right part? AN male threads are straight cut. Maybe they put the wrong part in the box.
04-18-2010, 03:44 PM
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I didnt have a problem with the fittings but I am not using the "tanks in" fitting, how ever, I did have a problem with the quick connect fitting that is going to slip into the oem fuel rail line, after driving my swap over 1000 miles it snapped off on day, I just slipped it back on the line and hasnt come off again? I remember seeing post somewhere about that problem... just so you know
I'll try out the thread chase and see how that works. Still need to buy some assembly lube for the other fittings anyway. Thanks for the responses!
