Hydraulic fitting size

Paul007 · Jul 2, 2011

Howdy,

Are the flare hose fittings on my 1974 MF40 Backhoe #8 BSF or #14 SAE?

Thanks!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 3, 2011

Do you have a US or a UK MF 40? I'm guessing a US model and it wouldn't have britsh thread fittings. A hydraulic shop or a dealer could tell you for sure.

Paul007 · Jul 3, 2011

Thanks, MF40,

US Model as far as I know. Here are the fittings. Since I have no idea how old all the hoses are I was thinking instead of just having this one made at a local shop (expensive) I might buy a coil of hose, some fittings and a crimper from a large supplier so I can make them all. I see there are fitting called JIC, I think (Joint Interchange something), that could be what they are.

MK in Ontario · Jul 3, 2011

The cost of the crimping machine would be way more than all the
fabricated hoses, I would imagine.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2011

JIC is the most common. Hoses shouldn't cost too much to get done but it pays to shop around. Bigger hyd. hose shops are usually a better price than a shop that just does it as a convenience. A crimper and the different dies would cost thousands of dollars and hyd. hose has a shelf life of about 2 years. To buy a crimper would cost more than what your whole machine is worth.

samn40 · Jul 4, 2011

Your hoses look like JIC. As a general rule Jic have a bull nose on
the male fitting and imperial fittings have a concave/dished end on
the male fitting.
Sam

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