JB Weld madness
 

Turbo: 14b for the record

Ok so I bought a Stealthmode oil line kit a few years ago and had the ---- in storage until the beginning of the summer when I got off my ass and started building the motor. When I got to my oil lines I was confused by a few things. The oil drain gasket included with the kit had the bolt holes spaced too far apart (like a 1/2" or so) which kind of bothered me, but I didn't use the thing and used high temp silicone instead, it's been holding up. Now on the oil feed side of the turdblo I could only find one fitting to fit both the turbo and the line. When I screwed it into the turbo something seemed off. The thing didn't thread in right, had some weeble wobble and was overall ------- gay (at about this point I'm thinking "Hmmm this looks like the wrong feed and drain setup... Oh well I'll make it work!). So what do I do? I wrap 20 layers of teflon tape around it and mash it in. All was good. Last night I decided to fix my ------- queer alternator problem and replace it with a new one. While doing so I didn't realize I had my feed line between the bracket and the alternator. So instead of taking the ------- pain in the ass alternator off I unscrew my feed and pull it back on top of the alternator. When I go to screw the feed back in the ------- fitting is trashed. Now what I want to know is what is the bolt size and thread pitch on the feed side to this ------- 14b turbo, where can I get a fitting (because nowhere in Winchester or Harrisonburg has ---- for metric fittings) that fits this ------- thing, how much will it be and how long will it take? I've biked all over Harrisonburg looking for shops. I searched the phonebook for a chopper shop that might possible sell metric banjo bolts with flare ends on them. Help a fucker out. I just ------- JB Welded the feed in there a few minutes ago, but I need a real solution. A solution that doesn't involve me hanging myself, ------- myself, drinking bleach, etc. I need a real solution.

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Look up hydraulic shops. There is one local to me that made me a whole new feed line for my rhb5. Also I know some napa auto parts here in the Seattle area make hydraulic lines. Just take the banjo/turbo setup to them, and im sure thay can rig something up. Just my .02

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Since its a mitsu turbo, its probably the same as a greddy 18g. I broke my banjo bolt for that turbo and ordered a new one from summit. I'm pretty sure it was 10mm x 1.0, but it was a banjo bolt so you'll have to source the kind of bolt you need i suppose. Check summit though-- they have a lot of stuff, and they ship at nog speeds. I usually wait to order from them until i need a bunch of stuff though because they charge like a $7-9 handing fee, but shipping is free. The banjo bolts themselves were $5-8 a piece

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I had a similar problem with my Stealthmode oil line kit but only because i assumed the 14b had the same inlet as my TD04L. The stealthmode oil line uses a 3/8 JIC 37 degree flare fitting and its a bitch to find a JIC to metric fitting, but i found it in the Goodridge catalog and called up Slowboy Racing with the part # since they are a dealer for Goodridge and they sent one out to me for like 6 bucks.

http://www.goodridge.net/usa/index.htm

http://www.slowboyracing.com/

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I wonder if the line is JIC 5/16" or 3/8". I found the part on page 70 of http://www.goodridge.net/usa/pdf/Goo...alogue2005.pdf that I think will work. I was going to use a M10 banjo bolt with the flare end, but I'm uncertain of the size of the flare and I'd rather not take it off to measure since it's JB Welded on.

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How about a JIC male to Metric male adapter? M10 to 5/16" I imagine.... since the line is 1/4" Is the thread pitch 1.00 in the turbo? I have no clue.
All that summit appears to have is AN fittings. What the ---- is a JIC fitting anyway?

Edit: According to Stealth's site the correct pitch is 12x1.25....

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mine was 3/8 JIC so i would assume all Stealthmodes lines would be 3/8.


so you would need a 3/8 JIC to M12 x 1.25 male adapter

btw all JIC fittings have a 37 degree flare i believe

edit: JIC fittings are hydraulic fittings that have that 37 degree flare to seal up without and thread tape or anything.

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http://www.anplumbing.com/shop/index...p=&dept=Metric like those? I know my TD05H has 12mm x 1.25 oil inlet and my SS Oil line has a -3AN female fitting.

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O/T, but this post makes me want to hang myself. Can we get a paragraph break for the love of god?

Re: JB Weld madness
 

Turbo: 14b for the record

Ok so I bought a Stealthmode oil line kit a few years ago and had the ---- in storage until the beginning of the summer when I got off my ass and started building the motor. When I got to my oil lines I was confused by a few things. The oil drain gasket included with the kit had the bolt holes spaced too far apart (like a 1/2" or so) which kind of bothered me, but I didn't use the thing and used high temp silicone instead, it's been holding up. Now on the oil feed side of the turdblo I could only find one fitting to fit both the turbo and the line. When I screwed it into the turbo something seemed off. The thing didn't thread in right, had some weeble wobble and was overall ------- gay (at about this point I'm thinking "Hmmm this looks like the wrong feed and drain setup... Oh well I'll make it work!). So what do I do? I wrap 20 layers of teflon tape around it and mash it in. All was good. Last night I decided to fix my ------- queer alternator problem and replace it with a new one. While doing so I didn't realize I had my feed line between the bracket and the alternator. So instead of taking the ------- pain in the ass alternator off I unscrew my feed and pull it back on top of the alter

nator. When I go to screw the feed back in the ------- fitting is trashed. Now what I want to know is what is the bolt size and thread pitch on the feed side to this ------- 14b turbo, where can I get a fitting (because nowhere in Winchester or Harrisonburg has ---- for metric fittings) that fits this ------- thing, how much will it be and how long will it take? I've biked all over Harrisonburg looking for shops. I searched the phonebook for a chopper shop that might possible sell metric banjo bolts with flare ends on them. Help a fucker out. I just ------- JB Welded the feed in there a few minutes ago, but I need a real solution. A solution that doesn't involve me hanging myself, ------- myself, drinking bleach, etc. I need a real solution.

Better?
Well the JB Weld isn't working out too well. I still have a leak but it's better. I'm still waiting on a response from SlowBoy, so I might just have to call them.