You can make your own hose adapter out of silicone red rubber tape if you first make a
male plug.


Old message:
BTW I think Nemesis used this idea. Somebody read this, asked for permission
and published it in the RVaitor or the Canard list.

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Subject:  Making custom hose
   Date:  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:36:52 -0700

I needed some custom size thin wall hose for connecting the various
parts of my tunable intake manifold so I decided to make some.
Most hose comes in 1/4 increments and  I was using pipe
instead of tubing.

Step 1 cut the form out of plastic pipe the right size.

Step 2 wrap the pipe form with 10 or more layers of
thick (3 mil) clear plastic. Hold in place with
scotch tape.

Step 3 wrap with one layer of Teflon tape sticky side out.
Part number 3M Permacel P421 3/4

Step 4 wrap with one layer of red silicone tape.
Part number Versaitek Moxness 603 1 inch red sticky side out.

Step 5 cut two layers of fiberglass tape.

Step 6 wet out the two layers of precut fiber glass tape
with red RTV between layers of clear plastic. Strip off
the plastic  and wrap the saturated fiberglass around the form.

Step 7 finish wrap one layer of red silicone tape sticky side
down.

It takes longer to describe the process than actually doing
it.

What you now have is high quality, fiberglass reinforced, Teflon
lined high temp hose.

If you carve the core out of Styrofoam or wax  angles can be made with the
Styrofoam dissolved in acetone or the wax melted after the rubber cures.

Paul Lamar

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