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Old 09-19-07, 06:53 AM
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Oil Cooler hoses?

Is Mazdatrix the only pace you can get il cooler lines for the 79-82 FMOC?
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Racing beat has them also.
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iscracing.net used to have them. If still in stock they would have a good price.
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I've got an extra set of stock ones that work fine.
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Originally Posted by cpa7man
iscracing.net used to have them. If still in stock they would have a good price.
They told me I got the last set a few months ago, unless they made more of course. They're the cheapest alternative.
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Say you wanted to do -AN fittings and braided stainless lines. What sizes would you need? (sorry to hijack thread)
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Or you could pay over $300 from Mazda... I'm getting mine from RB.
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AN 10. I made my own stainless oil lines. I then bought the fitting addapters from RB.

I've got the stock lines left over.
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AER-FBM2244 ------------------------ 8AN-18mm ------------------------ 9.95$ --------- (1) 09.95$
EAR-9919EFJERL ------------------------ 8AN-16mm ------------------------ 6.95$ --------- (3) 20.85$
SUM-230806 ------------------------ -8AN 6' Hose ------------------------ 26.95$ --------- (1) 26.95$
SUM-220890 ------------------------ -8an - Hose ------------------------ 6.95$ --------- (3) 20.85$
SUM-220887 ------------------------ -8an - Hose 90 ------------------------ 14.95$ --------- (1) 14.95$

If you want to do everything yourself, buy all these from summit, you will save quite a bit. Its really not that hard to make them yourself.

1) Measure the length needed, and mark
2) Wrap the area needed to be covered with electrical tape (do about 3 turns)
3) Take a fine tooth hacksaw, and slowly cut the braided hose (don't force it let it do the work)
4) Place the hose in the fitting, then lube up the inside of the hose with wd-40 to ease placing it in
5) Mark where the hose reaches in all the way in the fitting before placing the other part on (This is to know if the hose is sliding out or not)
5) Twist the other part like a left thread (counterclockwise) till the end, give it a test and you're done
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Take the old ones down to the local hydraulic hose place and have them make up a set.
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Mazdatrix resells RB and adds about 30 bucks to the price. The SS ones at RB are 130 bucks.
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Originally Posted by rx7doctor
Take the old ones down to the local hydraulic hose place and have them make up a set.
This is the ONLY way to go. I did this same thing and saved about $60-80 when compared with AN fittings and braided hose. I took mine to a hydraulic hose shop and had them cut the fittings off of my old hoses. Then they gave me some high temperature, high pressure rated hydraulic hose. It's obviously made to withstand oil if its a hydraulic hose, so no worries about rubber composition. Stick the old fittings into the new hydraulic hose and put a screw-type hose clamp on. You're done, and the whole thing will only cost you about $30.

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Originally Posted by Glazedham42
This is the ONLY way to go. I did this same thing and saved about $60-80 when compared with AN fittings and braided hose. I took mine to a hydraulic hose shop and had them cut the fittings off of my old hoses. Then they gave me some high temperature, high pressure rated hydraulic hose. It's obviously made to withstand oil if its a hydraulic hose, so no worries about rubber composition. Stick the old fittings into the new hydraulic hose and put a screw-type hose clamp on. You're done, and the whole thing will only cost you about $30.

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I went to my local shop and they looked at it and said ok...then I reminded them again that they were metric and they said oh...you need to go talk to this guy. So I did and he said hmmm...well, I'll have to cut and reweld those fittings w/ new hose on it and it'll cost atleast $80 and take me a few days...

BTW, I have a TT friend who had his oil cooler lines redone w/ "hydraulic hose" that was only rated @ 220*...well, needless to say, his lines failed and he was very pissed that they though that it would hold up....
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I had some made up at a local shop for my fc fmoc swap with no problems.
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+1 for getting a local shop to do it
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I have mine made up at the local truck repair/parts/hydraulic/driveshaft shop. Last short line for an SA cost me 10 bucks after I removed the ferules.

Specify hosed at 300+ degree's and 300+ psi. 1/2" hose works fine on our metric fittings. If you needs some help, check out the How TO for the fmoc in my sig line.
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I used some 1/2" hose in the GLC on the stock barbed ends after cutting off the crimped outer part.




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