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06-19-2015, 02:24 PM (This post was last modified: 06-19-2015, 02:25 PM by Dan Boy.)
I just can't figure what thread this is.

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06-19-2015, 03:09 PM
looks like 1/4" NPT pipe thread
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06-19-2015, 04:54 PM
1/4 BSP / NPT
Most pipe work still use this thread
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06-19-2015, 07:55 PM
Way to small to be a 1/4NPT. Might even be too big for 1/4BSP but John would know better than I. I might have thought G-1/8.
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06-19-2015, 10:39 PM
1/4 inch pipe is 13.5 MM
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06-19-2015, 10:40 PM (This post was last modified: 06-19-2015, 10:44 PM by oldgoaly.)
1/4" mip
not because I know the metric system, I had the loc-line out last week.
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06-20-2015, 05:31 AM
Yup, I'd go with oldgoaly's call.
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06-20-2015, 05:45 AM
Thanks guys, thats a great help.

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