Braided Hose HELP Needed
 

As you can tell my first attempt to assemble a hose myself.

How do you get the red end to slide onto the braided hose so you can tighten it down. Sounded simple when the guy explained it to me. :(

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put a little oil on it and push and twist it will go u just have to make it go

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I tried that but with WD40. The inside is tapered the more you push the tighter it gets. I was told to leave tape on. Any thoughts?

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Should work fine with WD 40. Definately leave the tape on. Just push and twist. It will go on.

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I had to put a bunch together awhile back, what I did was to tighten the end onto a fitting locking it inplace I then slipped a deep socket over it and used a speed handle to run it in and tighten it. Using a speed handle allows you to lean pretty hard on it, they go together pretty easy that way.

Phil

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This is what I use:

http://frontlinegraphics.com/koultools/order.html

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Soap.

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I used Aeoquips oil and vice heads made an easy job of it....

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The tool looks great. If I get into this more I will have to buy it.
For now its back to the garage and try this again. I might put the bandaid on first :eek:

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I remove the tape, carefully insert and twist the hose into the red fitting until it seats. (can be painful) Then put a wrap of tape around hose adjacent to red fitting to make sure the hose doesn't back out.

Clamp red fitting in vice using some cardboard to protect finish.

Then put some oil on the blue fitting and and push and wiggle it in to the hose, then tighten.

PS if that fitting has been used before, better to get a new one.

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Now that i have the Koul Tools I've been making all kinds of hose

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This may help:
http://www.turbinefun.com/Stainless_...e_Assembly.asp

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I usually take the end of the hose & bevel it on a bench grinder. A little oil and screw the red fitting a few turns but not all the way so you can start threading the blue end in. If the red fitting is bottomed out into the hose you'll never get the blue fitting in.

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I think I would rather go to the Dentist then deal with braided line. There is no other pain like stainless steel wire stabbing u. :eek:

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Take the tape off. It makes it easier to fiy, but you get stabbed a few times from the braides.

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Maybe your's are different but the ones I use the red part threads on the braided hose ? I can't remember if it's standard or reverse thread but it definately threads on.

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Great to say mission accomplished. After you do your first one and get it fiqured out it easy. If I where going to do several hoes I would buy the tool.

I even put them together with a cast on my hand using only my thumb and one finger :D Now that was tricky!

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DO NOT LEAVE THE TAPE ON. to cut to length your hose use a shear. no grinding , no oil nada. start by cocking the female end on the hose . use a lil downward pressure then rotate. works every time. use a suitable lubricant, i chose never seize as to reduce galling of the aluminium to aluminium contact. and make sure you rinse the lines thoroughly.

heres a couple of hoses i had to make in sizes rangeing from -4 to -20.

good luck

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monsta, are those craigs old mills?

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If you look at my other thread, I have been totally unable to bend steel lines. :mad:

The thing is, I had a braided line on the same size engine sitting in my garage. I told Deb to take it off and hand it to me, figuring I had it made. Hell no! I didn't think about the new engine having closed cooling, so now my line isn't long enough. I'd order one from somebody if I knew what size this stuff is. When I had this one made, I just went to a speed shop in Clearwater, and told them what I needed, and they made it up for me. Can anyone tell from the pictures what size fitting they are? They are on a sbc.

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It's hard to tell the size from the photos. here is a chart to that may help.


-3 3/16"
-4 1/4"
-6 3/8"
-8 1/2"
-12 3/4"
-16 1"
-20 1-1/4"

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Cuda, If that's the fuel line from a SBC it's -6 AN.

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Thanks guys!