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kevncar · 05-14-2009, 12:57 AM

I think I remember a thread from a while back about where to route air lines and someone had a nice picture of a bulkhead fitting, or an air line or something through the frame or the crossmember? Does anybody remember that thread? Or have any ideas? Pics would be great. I can't find anything searching.

Thanks,

bentfab · 05-14-2009, 10:33 AM

Could these be the pics?

kevncar · 05-14-2009, 12:56 PM

No...but man!!!! That's amazing. Great work. What I was looking for were just some simple ways of running the air line into the crossmember for the front bags. I think somebody had a 90degree bulkhead fitting and someone just drilled a hole and put a grommet in it to protect the line. I was hoping to find that thread, and maybe stir up some other ideas.

But thanks for those pictures, I'd really like to try something like that, but I think it's a little beyond my abilities right now. I might try a new fuel line to a tank under the bed, and maybe some brake lines, but I'd have to work up to air lines and all, especially as clean as all that.

ShowSS12 · 05-14-2009, 01:20 PM

damn that bad ass....

m6z · 05-14-2009, 04:12 PM

wow, just wow. those hard lines look great.

XXL · 05-14-2009, 04:25 PM

I used bulkheads on my pancaked xmember, currently for sale here.

**N2TRUX** · 05-14-2009, 08:38 PM

I see one that's like 1/32 off.

I bet he will spend 10 minutes looking for it...

XXL · 05-14-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by N2TRUX

I see one that's like 1/32 off.

Yeah, I'm kind of embarrassed for him for even taking the pictures. *cough cough*

hAetWagon · 05-14-2009, 10:05 PM

That's impressive and a good example of taking the time to do something exceptionally well.

bentfab · 05-15-2009, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

I see one that's like 1/32 off.

I bet he will spend 10 minutes looking for it...

I bet you I know every square inch down to the 1/32.

Besides I did that way back when I was 24 yrs. old

**N2TRUX** · 05-15-2009, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentfab

... Besides I did that way back when I was 24 yrs. old

Way back in your amatuer days....

**Hart_Rod** · 05-17-2009, 12:31 AM

Sweet fab work on the lines. XXL where did you get the bulkhead fittings?

XXL · 05-17-2009, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

XXL where did you get the bulkhead fittings?

I don't recall where I got them... some place local to wherever I was at the time. They're stock items from SealExcel (Parker).

**Hart_Rod** · 05-17-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XXL

I don't recall where I got them... some place local to wherever I was at the time. They're stock items from SealExcel (Parker).

Thanks.

DZL1 · 05-17-2009, 09:53 AM

That is a work of art!!!

DZL1.

p8ntballer1911 · 05-17-2009, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XXL

I don't recall where I got them... some place local to wherever I was at the time. They're stock items from SealExcel (Parker).

I have been searching google, but I cant seam to find a place to buy them in 1/2".

71swb4x4 · 05-17-2009, 10:33 AM

p8ntballer1911 - I bought mine here - http://www.hoseandfittings.com/catal..._Bulkhead.html

The 08 is the 1/2". 02 is 1/8", 04 is 1/4", 06 is 3/8", 08 is 1/2", 12 is 3/4.

XXL · 05-17-2009, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 71swb4x4

http://www.hoseandfittings.com/catal..._Bulkhead.html

Great link!

smashingchuck · 05-17-2009, 06:15 PM

Everybody does it a little different, here's how I did mine.

87 dually burb · 05-17-2009, 10:29 PM

thats some nice line work I chasing down the leaks I have and want to hard line or hydro line mine soon

leaks are &*#$ me off alot

brak · 05-18-2009, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentfab

Besides I did that way back when I was 24 yrs. old

If i had the knowledge i have now, combined with the energy i had at 24, I still never would've been able to pull that off

SIMPLY GORGEOUS

bentfab · 05-18-2009, 11:32 AM

Thanks guys. Here's a few of a brake system I did last week on Bill Neuman's 32 coupe he's building in Street Rod Builder.

smashingchuck · 05-18-2009, 11:37 AM

Just guessing here, but are your lines bent with some type of automated bender/ computer program, or so you do them by eye and by hand?

bentfab · 05-18-2009, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smashingchuck

Just guessing here, but are your lines bent with some type of automated bender/ computer program, or so you do them by eye and by hand?

My eye's, tape measure and luck!!!

But it all depends on whitch ever one is working the best.

SCOTI · 05-18-2009, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentfab

My eye's, tape measure and luck!!!

But it all depends on whitch ever one is working the best.

And I'm willing to bet more than one 'first attempt' has wound up in the scrap pile . . .....

. Nice work on that '32.
What's the latest on the truck-arm set-up you were working on?

05-14-2009, 12:57 AM	#1
kevncar Active Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atwater, CA Posts: 259	air line through frame/crossmember I think I remember a thread from a while back about where to route air lines and someone had a nice picture of a bulkhead fitting, or an air line or something through the frame or the crossmember? Does anybody remember that thread? Or have any ideas? Pics would be great. I can't find anything searching. Thanks, __________________ Kevin 72 Chevelle 67 C10...454/TH400 Build Thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=193961

05-14-2009, 10:33 AM	#2
bentfab Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: chatsworth california Posts: 79	Re: air line through frame/crossmember Could these be the pics? Attached Images __________________ www.bentcustomandperformance.com

05-14-2009, 12:56 PM	#3
kevncar Active Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atwater, CA Posts: 259	Re: air line through frame/crossmember No...but man!!!! That's amazing. Great work. What I was looking for were just some simple ways of running the air line into the crossmember for the front bags. I think somebody had a 90degree bulkhead fitting and someone just drilled a hole and put a grommet in it to protect the line. I was hoping to find that thread, and maybe stir up some other ideas. But thanks for those pictures, I'd really like to try something like that, but I think it's a little beyond my abilities right now. I might try a new fuel line to a tank under the bed, and maybe some brake lines, but I'd have to work up to air lines and all, especially as clean as all that. __________________ Kevin 72 Chevelle 67 C10...454/TH400 Build Thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=193961

05-14-2009, 01:20 PM	#4
ShowSS12 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sugarland,Tejas Posts: 356	Re: air line through frame/crossmember damn that bad ass.... __________________ Adam M STX Designs Motorcycles \| Choppers \| Hotrods

05-14-2009, 04:12 PM	#5
m6z Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pittsburg, KS Posts: 2,466	Re: air line through frame/crossmember wow, just wow. those hard lines look great. __________________ Doug Looking for a 67-72 short bed driver..... Last edited by m6z; 05-14-2009 at 04:13 PM.

05-14-2009, 04:25 PM	#6
XXL Señor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Edge of the world Posts: 5,367	Re: air line through frame/crossmember I used bulkheads on my pancaked xmember, currently for sale here. __________________ Craigslist \| ebay \| Engrishtees \| www.myattitudesucks.com \| Follow me on Twitter

05-14-2009, 08:38 PM	#7
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Re: air line through frame/crossmember I see one that's like 1/32 off. I bet he will spend 10 minutes looking for it... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra" Last edited by N2TRUX; 05-14-2009 at 08:38 PM.

05-14-2009, 10:05 PM	#9
hAetWagon Schlongbed MEMBER (heh)#15 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sacramento Posts: 232	Re: air line through frame/crossmember That's impressive and a good example of taking the time to do something exceptionally well. __________________ 82 Chevy Blazer 4wd.RIP 1965 Chevy C10,350V8 Get it reliable,then puttin' it in the weeds.. "Old truck, all new headaches."

05-17-2009, 12:31 AM	#12
Hart_Rod ************* Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 17,858	Re: air line through frame/crossmember Sweet fab work on the lines. XXL where did you get the bulkhead fittings? __________________ Rob - https://www.instagram.com/hart_rod_c10 As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Man Sharpens Another. Proverbs 27:17 FOR SALE: DBW pedal bracket - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651123 FOR SALE: Hood Brackets http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=679945 1987 Silverado SWB - 34.5K original miles http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=801834 1969 SuperBurb - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=200387 1968 Farm truck - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=358692 1968 SWB - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=551258 1948 Chevy - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=122164&page=3

05-17-2009, 09:53 AM	#15
DZL1 One day..... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ocala, FL. Posts: 702	Re: air line through frame/crossmember That is a work of art!!! DZL1.

05-17-2009, 10:33 AM	#17
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Re: air line through frame/crossmember p8ntballer1911 - I bought mine here - http://www.hoseandfittings.com/catal..._Bulkhead.html The 08 is the 1/2". 02 is 1/8", 04 is 1/4", 06 is 3/8", 08 is 1/2", 12 is 3/4. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

05-17-2009, 06:15 PM	#19
smashingchuck It'd be alot cooler if you did Join Date: May 2003 Location: Three Rivers, MI Posts: 2,345	Re: air line through frame/crossmember Everybody does it a little different, here's how I did mine. __________________ 78 Build Thread 4Runner Build

05-17-2009, 10:29 PM	#20
87 dually burb my short bus Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: fredericksburg,Va Posts: 307	Re: air line through frame/crossmember thats some nice line work I chasing down the leaks I have and want to hard line or hydro line mine soon leaks are &#$ me off alot __________________ 90 burbbagged,shaved(about done)****** 91 burbstock worker for now************ *****only squares for me****************

05-18-2009, 11:32 AM	#22
bentfab Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: chatsworth california Posts: 79	Re: air line through frame/crossmember Thanks guys. Here's a few of a brake system I did last week on Bill Neuman's 32 coupe he's building in Street Rod Builder. Attached Images __________________ www.bentcustomandperformance.com

05-18-2009, 11:37 AM	#23
smashingchuck It'd be alot cooler if you did Join Date: May 2003 Location: Three Rivers, MI Posts: 2,345	Re: air line through frame/crossmember Just guessing here, but are your lines bent with some type of automated bender/ computer program, or so you do them by eye and by hand? __________________ 78 Build Thread 4Runner Build



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