I have made an aluminium airbox and I want to connect a 10mm hose to it. How can I do this?
I have seen things like the "self sealing hose" (see ebay link) for when you need a small hose to come off a larger one. I guess I could
use one of these but I was hoping for a cheaper solution?
Welding isn't an option. Any ideas?
Cheers
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10mm hose tail, with 2 nuts and some sort of sealing stuff that isnt silicome, but polyurethane, like tigerseal or sikaflex?
This sort of thing
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-4-x-3-8-10mm-ID-316-Stainless-Steel-Hose-Tail-Adaptor-Male-Thread-BSPT-/120830256559?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c220b65a
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You can buy a nut for them, but I forget how to search for the right one
[Edited on 24/2/13 by blakep82]
Is the hose 10mm internal diameter ?
I will look in the swagelok scrap bin at work tomorrow, we have quite a few brass & stainless steel fittings that have been taken from various
bits of equipment, im sure we must have something similar to the one in that link.
We definately have a load that will take 6mm internal pipe but I will take a look.
15mm tank connector (cheap as chips) with a 15mm to 10mm reducing adaptor and some 10mm copper pipe.
Soldered together, JB weld on the back of the tank connector and jobs a good'un.
had another idea. If I got a fitting like the one in the link below, i could chop the thread off leaving the nut part, drill a 10mm hole in the
airbox and pass it through from inside to outside. I could then seal this with something that will hold it tight. Maybe add a couple of small
rivets?
Do you think that will be good enough?
2 Pcs 1/2"' PT Thread 10mm Air Hose Barb Fitting Straight Brass Coupling Adapter | eBay
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[Edited on 24/2/13 by Sloan85]
I used one of these on my rocker cover but it is 12mm
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Drill up the middle of a suitably sized bolt. Pass the bolt through from the inside of the box and put nut on outside. Seal with whatever you have handy; Gasket material, Hylomar, cornflake box, etc.
M12 rivnut?
For reference, bolts make poor hose connections - they leak like a sieve due to their threads and you struggle to see it because it's air... 