[DeTomaso] Line to clutch slave.

[Ken Green]

Dave,
 
    Turns out that AN4 fittings have a 7/16 20 thread.  I guess that makes sense.  
 
Ken

--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:


From: Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Line to clutch slave.
To: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Cc: "DeTomaso Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 9:00 PM


Ken
The line fits directly onto the slave. That makes me think that it's an M12 1.0 inverted flare female at each end.
So your adapter must be a M12 1.0 x 7/16 - 20 nipple 
I'll try asking Tara if they have such a thing.
dave



Ken Green wrote: 






Dave,
 
    It's always possible that parts have been changed on a 40 year old car, BUT, this is what I found.  If anyone with their car apart can verify what I found and described below, I will put together a PDF doc with all the details.
 
    My clutch slave and MC have an M12 1.0 male threads and seal to a line (or equivalent fitting) with an inverted fare.  
 
    The solid line looks like a double inverted flare at both ends and at the MC end has a male M12 1.0 fitting to screw into the MC body and at the slave end has a female 7/16 20 fitting to mate to the flexible line.
 
    I don't have a flexible hose handy, but a male/male adapter is screwed into the M12 1.0 thread in the slave and has a 7/16 20 thread male end for the flexible hose to screw onto (I guess they used an off the shelf flexible hose with 7/16 20 threads on each end?)
 
    If you know what the slave end of your flexible hose is you should be able to just order a fitting that mates it to the M12 1.0 threads and a concave face to seal to the slave body.  If the adapter is on your slave, did you try removing it to see if the flexible hose fits directly into the slave body?
 
    I think the best solution is to buy a braided stainless hose with M12 1.0 male thread as the slave end and 7/16 20 threads at the hard line end, and matching the double inverted flare (i.e. a 45 degree convex face) on the hard line and having a 45 degree concave face on the other end, to match the solid line and the slave body.
 
Ken
 

--- On Sat, 7/10/10, Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:


From: Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Line to clutch slave.
To: "DeTomaso Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 9:59 PM


I recently bought a stainless-steel replacement for the red, plastic 
clutch-slave line, from Hall.
It came with 2 female flare-fittings and one of these fit fine at the slave.
When I got to the other end I found the car also had a female fitting.

The line is a nice piece and I'd like to get it installed, but I'll need 
a nipple to connect the 2 female flare fittings.
Can you all help me out with the thread spec for the nipple and also 
what kind of supplier would carry a part like that.

thanks
dave

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