Terry's fittings are made by Parker-Hannifan. They are aircraft fittings
and are not easy to find except at aircraft supply houses.
Terry does not excessively charge for his fittings. They are the best
quality available.
Jerry Bostick
#2444
----- Original Message -----
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
To: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: Bricklin - pneumatic fittings
> At 08:07 PM 2/12/02 -0500, Louis wrote:
>
> >Question:
> >Would anyone know what those type of fittings are called so I can better
> >ask for them over the phone while contacting "speciality" places that
cater
> >to fittings?
> >The system I've got has a reserve tank within the rear bumper if that
helps
> >determine what system and fittings I've got.
>
> Louis,
>
> There are a couple of different types of fittings depending on who your
> system was originally purchased from. Terry Tanner uses a fitting that is
> NOT available everywhere. I forget what it's called, but it has a little
> tube coming out of the fitting. The air hose fits over this tube and then
> the nut and ferrel tighten the air hose to the tube. I've tried several
> places locally to get these and the suppliers can't get them. I did not
> try a Truck supply house. These might be used on the air brake systems of
> the big trucks.
>
> However, I had no problems a suitable fitting at my local small "Taylors
> Do-It" hardware store. I believe that they are 1/8" pipe. Then you need
to
> get some small inserts for the air hoses. Slide these inserts (don't know
> what they're actually called) into the hose with the flared end butting up
> to the end of the air hose. These inserts keep the hose from collapsing
when
> the nut and ferrel are tightened.
>
> John
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