<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Can’t help you with what type of tubing to use but you should be able to find “it” @ McMaster-Carr. Depending on the temperature range you use your jacks in Will help determine what type of tubing to use. Did you check w/a repair shop? I’d suspect nylon but it’s white & not very flexible. <div><br></div><div>Did you try using a heat gun on the HD stuff to put it on?</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Pat Horne <div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 20, 2025, at 1:47 PM, john niolon <jniolon@att.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">OK... time to educate the old man... I have a need to replace a section of flexible air tubing on a</font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI">air bag jack. I fabricated a new handle to give the jack more reach and the original tubing is too short</font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">I tried replacing original with H.D. stuff but it was too stiff to slip over the fitting... The original tubing</font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI">is amber colored and very pliable...squeezes easily between your fingers.. the H.D. stuff was stiff</font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">It press fits over a fitting with a holding nut keeping it in place. I would imagine the working pressure</font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI">would be around 100#s since most compressors put out that much It's i.d. is 3/26 and o.d. is 5/16 or</font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI">its metric equivalent. Only markings on the orig is "013M" but I don't think that means `13mm'</font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">so first question … what type tubing do I need vinyl ??? PVC ??? Polyethylene ???? </font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI">second question … where to find it """ pics attached</font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">thanks</font></div>
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