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Where do you get those pieces that snap on to the fuel lines on the 5.3 motor and adapt them to threads so you can run your braided fuel lines?
Edit: Is this them? If so how do they work do you cut off the flare/lip and these are like a slip fitting?
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku
Earl's Performance 165006ERL - Earl's Performance AN to Tube Adapter Fittings - summitracing.com
Summitracing.com or Jegs.com if you have the PN from duckysbht's conversion posting.
So the links I posted are not right?
These are the ones I prefer... but they're pricey
Aeromotive 15118 - Aeromotive AN Quick Connect Adapter Fittings - summitracing.com
Aeromotive 15117 - Aeromotive AN Quick Connect Adapter Fittings - summitracing.com
Whats better about those then the ones I originally posted? Also where can I get fuel lines long enough to reach back to my frame rails?
They're better at draining money out of your bank account. :laugh:
They are quick connects with rubber seals to slip onto the fuel rails and take no tools to remove the fittings from the fuel line. The others use brass ferrules that clamp down around the fuel rail and sometimes become a permanent part of the fuel rail.
Yeah Ill be a cheapo and go with the cheaper ones, I don't think Ill be disconnecting the fuel lines too often anyways.
Without starting a new thread I am wondering how you adapt the tranny cooler lines to the rad in my 97. I talked to one guy who said just cut both somewhere about halfway and then splice them with rubber hose and clamps?
You can do that. There isn't a lot of pressure running through the system, just use good quality hose to join it back together. You could just use your stock lines and put it back together. What are you changing in the transmission/radiator requiring you to change lines?
I am using the tranny from the 02 truck and hooking it up to the 97 rad.
was the 97 trans an automatic? If the fittings were different, pull them out of the old trans and put them in the new one. Threaded vs quick connect? They are both 60e transmissions, correct?
Yea both 60e and I have not looked to see if the old lines will hook into the new tranny but that would be really nice...Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
So I fought with those little clips on the fuel rail for an hour and got no where, how do you get them mothers off?
which little clips? The ones on the hose connections that come from the fuel tank? There is a little tool that goes around the tubing and you push it towards the fuel lines to release a catch inside the fitting. You can get them anywhere auto parts are sold. Just get the 3/8 and 5/16 ones.
Alright Ill check it out Monday when I go pick up my spring compressor.
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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
So those are the tapered-seat compression (AN) fittings. Those don't seem to seat correctly with the OEM braided lines that come up the back of the old engine which use an o-ring and flat seat. I have some -6AN female and male fittings and they didnt exactly run with the OE. Since aaron has a Vortec and i have TBI i cant remember how his lines go into the spider assembly, but for sure the TBI ends don't match up to the back of those fancy ones you posted. And if he has the OE braided lines( i don't believe he was mentioning some Russel braided lines which would most likely have AN fittings), you cant quite cut and use the ferrule route and have a clean -looking splice. Almost have to rob the ends of a fuel filter and....i dunno..*scratches head*
Yeah, those are made specifically to fit the fuel rail connections on a GM vehicle. The opposite ends are AN -8 and -6 fittings. Sure it's not a one piece connection to the fuel rail from the GM oring type connection but they are quick connects. Adaptation to bolt directly to the GM lines will be required for sure. If the stock lines are long enough you could cut the GM hose ends off and put on a russel AN hose end in its place. I always make new hoses coming from the fuel filter forward.