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Originally Posted by 71hotrodpinto
You can buy just about any material in shim stock. everything from inconel to brass, to plain steel.
If i had a fitting to experiment i would try it but all my fittings are used up and on the car. Wish i wouldve thought of that waaay back. Cussed so many blue streaks and wasted so much time just limping along. Seems like it took an average of 20min just doing one fitting LOL!
The trick would be to find the best thickness/material combo that would allow the fitting to still slide over but yet be stiff enough to keep the frayed end compressed. If i ever get to experiment i will definatly post the results.
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Yea your right I just ran thru my big MSC book and found some. Most of the shim stock I use is ALL spring steel, since It only gets used during setups/fixturing. I have a couple opps fittings I can try. I can do it in about 10 minutes a fitting. Tightening them up is the long part for me! thinner will be better. I might have to look around at work, we have some some plastic stuff! I still need to make one more hose for the tank to hard line so I will try it out.
I would also like to add that my stock hood latch setup in the front of the car is removed which eased install of this cooler. Some people might be able to get around it with a smaller cooler. But I wouldnt try, just remove it and reinstall. it is like 6 bolts
