Where to buy AN fittings

With this move I've no much time for real car building.

I just looked at the prices of steel hose ends and fittings

Looks like my long term-get everything place just added a 0 to the price of everything....... just plain steel not stainless

Anybody out there know a good mail order place for this stuff?

Does a -4 B-nut now really cost $7.00?

 

contact Jason at ghx inc in Houston texas...713-939-7526, he can help ya

 

Check out your local hydraulic shop. Parker and gates makes a bunch of fittings. They call them JIC not AN which means army/navy.

 

try aircraft spruce and specialty. i cked their o/l catalog and found steel an-4 bnuts for 1.14

 

I would say your local speed shop would be the best place. Most of them have it in stock or get deliverys daily. That way you can peice it together there instead of making a ton of orders.

 

Try Speedway Motors, tell Bill the Speedwagen sent yah

 

Bluto probably doesn't have a local speed shop,he is in Poland.

 

Bluto has the largest speed shop in POLAND i bet

 

Try here:

http://performanceparts.com/vendors.php?vendor=RUS

 

X2 for Aircraft Spruce, or if you plan on ordering ALOT, you might try Aviall. Their warehouse for Europe is evidently in Amsterdam (???).

 

Thank you for the help so far

I can get local fittings they are metric and aircraft rated and very spendy

I'm use to JIC and AN stuff my tools for flairing and bending tube are inch based as are my taps

And I have a lot of hose and tubing here

You guys are right about us being the largest speed shop in the area. There is a Harley guy here but that's it

Most people restoring here are using copper tube for fuel and brakes

All that said I'm still having fun living in this little farm town

 

holy schniekies Jim! glad to see ya doin well after yur move fella.

listen, i know AN shit aint cheap but $7 seems kinda steep to me... lemme check locally an see what they fetch for steel ends and fittings...

gimme a shopping list and an address in Poland and i'll see you get what you need pal

Traves

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The AN thread is a particular type of fitting used to connect flexible hoses and rigid metal tubing that carry fluid. It is a US military-derived specification stemming from a joint standard agreed upon by the Air Force and Navy, hence AN.

 

JIC and AN have different angles on the flare JIC=37*, AN=45*......generally JIC is for Hydraulics and are crimped on the hose, but there are reuseable Aeroquip JIC fittings (bulky).
Both available at a hyd shop......or AN's can be bought through Summit or Jegs.

 

Close....AN's are the 37 degree.
Don't know about the JIC fittings.

 

Nuts and sleeves will seal on both JIC and AN

JIC is OK but you gotta watch how they plate em

But the question still is where the best place to buy-em?

I'm thinking about this cause I've got to brake plumb there cars here

Yes...... just like wiring I do this from scratch

On this last trip I got 125ft of tubing.....NAPA brake tubing in 25ft coils are great!

Please remember I gotta import everything. BUT I knew that when I moved here.

Customs is gonna crap it's pants when it sees a Blowen Ardun in a crate

They all stood next to the Miller for photos when we rolled it outta the container!

 

Where to buy.... http://www.anplumbing.com/shop/

Yeah JIC and AN are 37*... brake line is 45*....I had it wrong.

 

Dave at Sweet Performance has great prices and goes out of his way to make sure it's RIGHT!

 

JIC is the industrial standard based on AN. They are compatible, but JIC parts are not made to as exacting of standards (and as a result, cost less)

JIC are fine for cars.

www.mcmaster.com carries a lot of JIC parts.

 

If push comes to shove call Godman's in Memphis TN. They have got the stuff and they know thier shit.

 

we have a company in california called hose & fittings they sell mostly parker hanfin stuff.

 

Earl's is a big manufacturer/supplier. Most speed shops carry parts, Summit and Jegs should have them.

 

speed shop, rod shop, museum of FINE autos... Jim, show em all a pic of the Mas... that thing makes the lil' hairs on my neck go straight <img>

 

Off the top of my head they cost well under 2 bucks for steel zink, alum (blue or red). I do have them in stainless also but those cost more. Still should be well under 7 bucks though.

If I can help give me a call at 714 223 9322. Be sure to tell me you're from the HAMB.

Thanks,

Dave Bottomley
Sweet Performance Products, Inc.

 

viva la H.A.M.B.

 

Genuine Aircraft Hardware is a great source for AN and other hardware.

 

I've bought some very good plumbing supplies off of Ebay....USA, of course. ......I've got an idea some of the stuff for sell on Ebay makes it's way out of different facilities in lunch boxes.