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bo8109b

11-26-2011 @ 9:48 AM

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On electric fuel pumps with 5/16's fittings what is a good way to connect it to a 1/4" gas line?

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11-26-2011 @ 2:11 PM

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Use fuel proof rubber hose and worm type clamps. If you use the Airtex pump from C&G it is supplied with hose barb fittings. If your pump doesn't have them, most good auto supply stores do. The 1/4 inch hose will fit the barbs and the original line.

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11-26-2011 @ 3:28 PM

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I believe that anyone messing with fuel or brake lines should own a double-flaring tool.
They aren't expensive, and they allow you to do professional work. In the case of
installing hoses to rigid fuel lines, I've found that using the above-referenced tool
will allow you to make an effective "barb" on a steel line by using the first-stage die, but not following it up with the final flare. When you install the hose, install the
clamp "upstream" of the bulge you have created.

bo8109b

11-26-2011 @ 3:42 PM

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This Airtex electric pump came with 5/16 hose barbs and short pieces of 5/16 hose. Are you saying that I should hose clamp those 5/16 hoses on the !/4" fuel line?

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11-26-2011 @ 4:07 PM

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All hoses and fluid-carrying piping and tubing are rated by the inside diameter. Thus, a 1/4 inch
metal non-structural tube will measure 1/4 inch inside, and will measure that bore plus it's wall thickness is times 2 on the outside. A 5/16" nominally rated hose due to the thickness of the rubber is very close to a 1/4 inch metal fluid-carrying tube's outside diameter given the thickness of the tubing.

I have qualified the above so as to not confuse "fluid-carrying" and "structural". Structural
tubing is rated by the outside diameter. So....for example, a 2-inch 1/4" wall piece of structural
tubing would be rated as a 1-1/2 inch pipe if it was used in that application.

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ford38v8

11-26-2011 @ 9:52 PM

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Dan, may I inject a simple yes on your behalf? LOL

Alan

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11-27-2011 @ 10:07 AM

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Alan:

You may, and after re-reading my overly verbose and mainly irrelevant reply, I'll try to concentrate on the questions more in the future. "Yes" would have been sufficient. Thanks for the guidance!

Dan

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11-27-2011 @ 11:09 AM

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Thanks guys, I really enjoy this forum. Carl

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11-27-2011 @ 11:37 AM

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I just assumed that Airtex provides a 5/16" barbed fittings because they assume that is the diameter size of most fuel lines and they did not take into account that early Fords are 1/4". I was just going to swap out to 1/4" barbed ends with the 1/8" pipe that fit into pump inlet and outlet,you can get brass ones instead of the steel ones Airtex supplies.

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12-25-2011 @ 1:48 PM

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I used 1/4" gas line and hand forced, which streched OK, the end over the 5/16" fuel pump fitting. Worked fine. Wardb

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