Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

[22west]

Does anyone know what kind of tube fitting this is?
Its on an aircraft engine oil system.
See photo link here :

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...c-4d7c-b0c3-540c329a20a2&file=Fitting.JPG

 

[thruthefence]

Kinda hard to get a perspective from the picture. Who is the engine manufacturer, and the model?

If it is an interface from the airframe to the engine, say an oil cooler, it may be an airframe part.

 

[22west]

Sorry about the bad photo, I had to zoom in.

You can see several of these tube fittings on the Orenda 11 shown here :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Avro_Canada_Orenda_14_2010-05-09.JPG

See also here :

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...8bc-4178-9de5-7215b7ad40f7&file=Orenda_11.jpg

 

[btrueblood]

Any chance you could pull one of the tubes off, so you can get a look at the threads, and tube end/seal make-up?

 

[22west]

I am trying to figure out whats inside before I open the system up. I would like to have the seals (if any) on-hand when I re-do the fittings.

 

[22west]

I was able to dig up the manual for the engine. Its a gland fitting. See here :

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...4ac8-bad3-45833ffef6ab&file=Gland_Fitting.jpg

Tracking down the seals should be real treat...

 

[btrueblood]

Well, you can hope they will be regular sized o-rings. Grab a parker catalog, and check the groove dimensions, then pick a compound and order them...