Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #43854
From: Gary Casey <glcasey@adelphia.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: TSIO-550 Engine fittings question
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:18:43 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Rick,
I see no reason not to use the steel fitting.  Some fitting combinations are hard to get in the correct thread and flare angle and I'll bet that the original builder didn't have one available  and found it easier to use an adaptor.  Just make absolutely sure the flare angle is correct as commercial hydraulic flare systems have the same thread as an AN fitting but different flare angle.
Gary



From: "rtitsworth" <rtitsworth@mindspring.com>
Date: August 29, 2007 2:34:39 PM PDT
Subject: TSIO-550 Engine fittings question

The top one (actually two) is from the bottom of a TSIO0550 oil cooler where it feeds the turbo’s (for cooling) - at least that’s what was on my engine and seems to reflect the diagram in the TCM manual.  The bottom one is functionally the same thing but is a single fitting that I got from a local hydraulic fitting supplier.

Also, some time ago, I replaced a 90 degree TCM fitting on the fuel pump with a 45 degree steel one.  Now, I don’t recall if the original was brass? and/or don’t know if that was a mistake for some reason.  I don’t recall anything in 43.14 regarding brass vs steel fittings in aluminum housings – but’s there’s plenty of stuff in there that I may have missed/forgotten.

 

Rick Titsworth

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