Thread: Help stuck at Adelaide River

Could you remove the fuse to stop the air comp..? it would be a very slow bouncey drive home

Edit- Sorry - I went to first post and for some reason could not see all the responses- glad you got home.

6mm line and 'quick fit' joiners are an easy fix for airline that has gone.
Take a compressor with some in line valves and you could get the bags to inflate if the whole system goes tits-up.

This is a picture of the air brake John Guest 1/4" DOT all plastic tubing union. If you look closely, you can see the DOT imprinted in raised letters on the end of the fitting. This is of a 1/4" connector rather than the 6mm that required in the 3. I could not find a picture of the 6mm union but it looks pretty much the same.

The 6mm air suspension pneumatic repair union that Land Rover sells is Land Rover replacement part # STC8580 made by John Guest and looks similar to the jpg. The part number is from the RR Classic series.

The fitting is for 6mm OD tubing size. The STC8580 comes with what are called "Collets" at each end that cover up the press to release feature underneath. See the John Guest web site John Guest - The World Leader in Push-fit Fittings, Pipe and Plastic Plumbing Systems - Home under the Pneumatics section and also in Downloads for their catalog for install and remove instructions.

The actual air brake fitting that Land Rover provides has an interior 4mm OD ferrule that slips inside the 4mm ID of the nominal 6mm OD tubing. I have not yet been able to obtain the John Guest part number for the LR fitting, just the LR part number. These fittings or similar are good to have in your parts stock along with a few feet of the 6mm air line.

The 6mm tubing is a Nylon product specified as PA12. There is also a very similar Transport grade PA11 material, however it seems that PA12 is the more common Transport grade now in use. Also the applicable DIN standard seems to be both DIN 73378 and DIN 74324 for the nylon tubing. The working pressure of the 6mm tubing is about 27 Bar and bursting 82 Bar @ 20C. This is for the 1mm nominal wall thickness material, (4mm ID, 6mm OD). The tubing can generally be purchased at heavy truck repair shops that service EU manufactured prime movers such as Volvo, Mann and the like; also Hino.

Originally Posted by CaverD3

..with some in line valves..

I haven't been successful in tracking down a supplier of these.

Try Air and Hydlaulics in Brookvale.

General Pneumatics in Mordialloc Victoria has a selection of suitable brass metric push in fittings such as Tees etc; I have mail ordered from them as John Guest does not seem to make DOT /TUV metric tees, only the "straight" unions for Land Rover.

General Pneumatics Pty Ltd

Schrader valves with 1/8" BSPT thread can be obtained from here.Ag Wholesalers | Farming Supplies | Schrader Valves | Southern Downs | Queensland Agricultural Supplies

Try these out for size - Legris
www.legris.com

They make a range of connectors for air lines and are avilable at good hose suppliers. Also you could try someone like the Hose Doctor or Enzed?
They surley will have these type of fittings in metric.