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Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

RE: Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

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.  

RE: Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

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?

RE: Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

(OP)
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.

RE: Old tube fitting on aircraft engine.

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...

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