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| philf:
Hi Symon, Sorry, I checked and haven't got an 8mm or 5/16" elbow - only 6mm x 1/8" BSP. I could cobble something together with 4 fittings but it looks very ugly. We had many thousands of similar compression fittings where I worked but I daren't go back on a visit to raid their stock. There is one on eBay but £6 and looks to be just the elbow without the nut or olive! A 1/4BSP to 8mm push in elbow is much cheaper but generally have some plastic in them if that would present a problem. Phil. |
| Symon:
Bought a 1/4" BSP to 8mm last night. Under £4. It's ugly but it'll go in the inside and the one I put there can come back to its original exterior place :) I'll sort a tap out for the BSB thread for future issues. Thanks so much for your help :nrocks: |
| David Jupp:
--- Quote from: Symon on May 19, 2017, 04:44:20 PM ---.... The male end of the elbow is 1/4" BSP (20 tpi)...I believe. --- End quote --- FYI - 1/4" BSP is actually 19tpi not 20. |
| Symon:
:thumbup: Yeh, that's why it's "approx.". There was only 0.25" to measure and that'll always be a wee bit wishy washy. But it fits a known BSP fitting. |
| hanermo:
I´m glad it´s sorted, but if it was me... I would have tapped it with the nearest metric tap I had to hand. If its loose, add goop. Unless one is making a concourse-level original car, or its a 200 bar through spindle coolant part (that would not use a rare thread), etc.. For low pressure, just eyeball it and use teflon tape or goop as appropriate. Thinks I.. |
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