Looking for a good oil feed 90 degree fitting.

[SHOtime2511]

All I can find are these cheap soft brass/copper fittings for the oil inlet of my 60-1.
I broke one today and I'd hate for one to give out while driving.
Anyone know where I can get a good steel/stainless one?
one side is NPT the other is flair,90 degree bend or a banjo style would be even better?? any leads?

 

[firebat45]

Pretty sure they don't make banjo NPT fittings (doesn't seem like it would work). If you're cheap, you can pick up fittings like that at an industrial supply or hydraulics supply shop.

Otherwise, local race supply shop (something like Jegs, Summit, etc) will have AN fittings in all the sizes you'd need.

AN fittings and JIC fittings are the same thing, AN is usually anodized aluminum and 3-4X the price of JIC though. JIC is sold as hydraulic fittings, whereas AN is sold as race car fittings.

Anyway, looks like a 1/4 NPT to -4 AN/JIC to me. $7 at summit, about $2-$3 for equivalent JIC.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EAR-982244ERL/


PS - You should not be using teflon tape on the JIC/AN joint. It uses a flare to seal, and putting anything in there just gums it up and makes it harder to get a reliable seal.

 

[LJRuddy]

x2 on a hydraulic shop. If you don't have one near you, find a heavy equipment dealership/rental company and they can steer you in the right direction.

 

[SHOtime2511]

I had no idea the flair and AN style fittings are the same.
I think there is a hydraulic shop the next town over,Ill try them tomorrow.
I was using thread sealant on this fitting.

 

[SHOtime2511]

I got a nice stainless steel NPT/JIC fitting at coastal hydraulic-$3
thanks for the advice fellas.

 

[MerkXRTurbo]

I had no idea the flair and AN style fittings are the same.

They're not. AN fittings have a 37 degree flair, while standard flair fittings have a 45 degree flair. Using the two together will result in leaks.

AN stands for Army/Navy, because they were developed as a joint effort between the two branches of our military in WWII as a standard fitting for hydraulic lines on military equipment. Some think it's Air Force/Navy, which is wrong, as the Air Force didn't exist until 1947. Anyway, they determined that a 37 degree flair was the best angle for being least prone to leak.

Now you know everything you never cared to know about AN fittings.

 

[gmorrell]

Don't know what size oil line you're running, that broken fitting looks like a 45º flare. If you want to convert to a 37º AN flare fitting and go with steel, which is much stronger then the (probably Chinese) Red Brass that is used for hardware store fittings, go here:

http://www.anplumbing.com/shop/index.php

and in the search box enter 962203 for a steel 90º 1/8" NPT to -3 male adapter, or 962204 for a steel 90º 1/8" NPT to -4 male adapter.

If you just have to have Stainless, enter 822-3j or 822-4j.

-3 line is plenty big to feed your 60-1 turbo.

 

[SHOZ123]

Look for -xx flared fittings, they are the ISO standard for what was the AN standard which goes back to WW1. Divide the number into 16 to get the inch size.