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Old May 2, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Posted this in the conversion area since it seems to come up often. Hope it can help someone out here also.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...55#post9287155
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It's in the sticky here somewhere, the pic posted was taken by me.
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Bringing back an old thread. Found a better way than ordering the expensive Sonnax kit (for those going with AN Lines)


46340A from transmission parts use dot com. It is the long special fitting, made for 3/8 inverted tube. Then you need a -6 to 5/8-18 Inverted Flare, such as Earl's 991947ERL.
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i screwed the rear fitting in, marked it to point to the front, then ground it down a little, tig'ed a 90 deg steel AN fitting-no room for anything else
then used an ATI Perf #6 AN to 1/4-18 STRAIGHT fitting in the front
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Originally Posted by slow67
Bringing back an old thread. Found a better way than ordering the expensive Sonnax kit (for those going with AN Lines)


46340A from transmission parts use dot com. It is the long special fitting, made for 3/8 inverted tube. Then you need a -6 to 5/8-18 Inverted Flare, such as Earl's 991947ERL.

Can you just buy 2 of each of these and they will both work with modification?
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Anything here..
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Originally Posted by trey04gto
Can you just buy 2 of each of these and they will both work with modification?
No, only the rear fitting is special. The front you can just use a 1/4 npt fitting.
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Originally Posted by slow67
Bringing back an old thread. Found a better way than ordering the expensive Sonnax kit (for those going with AN Lines)


46340A from transmission parts use dot com. It is the long special fitting, made for 3/8 inverted tube. Then you need a -6 to 5/8-18 Inverted Flare, such as Earl's 991947ERL.
On the -6 to 5/8-18 inverted flare, Did you mean 3/8-18 inverted flare?? I just ordered the 5/8 and now im thinking its wrong...
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Originally Posted by trey04gto
On the -6 to 5/8-18 inverted flare, Did you mean 3/8-18 inverted flare?? I just ordered the 5/8 and now im thinking its wrong...
Nope, I thought that too. 3/8 Inverted flare nuts use a 5/8-18 thread size, as 3/8 is the steel tube size. I ordered 1/2-20 at first and it was too small.

Edit: Shown by this link, as well as others (ONLY to show 3/8 tube nut threads)
http://www.fmsiinc.com/brake-line-fittings.htm

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Originally Posted by slow67
No, only the rear fitting is special. The front you can just use a 1/4 npt fitting.
Thats not a 1/4" NPT
I guess you could take a 1/4" NPT, goop it up, and drive it home.

The correct fitting is metric. 12mm x something.
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http://www.tciauto.com/Products/Tech...r_fittings.asp

TCI says it is. Actually it is the same threads as a pipe thread, just meant not to have a taper and use an O-ring. 1/4 npt works just fine. Just don't overtorque it and crack the case.

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Originally Posted by slow67
TCI says it is. Actually it is the same threads as a pipe thread, just meant not to have a taper and use an O-ring. 1/4 npt works just fine. Just don't overtorque it and crack the case.
You're right, I just looked at one.
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