K5LA air line size.

Installation Help & Advice Miscellaneous
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I wanted to know what size of air line should I put on my new K5LA set up? I have a Graham-White 353-101 1/16 metering valve also to use in this set up. With a 20 gallon air tank. This horn is going to be put on my 2008 3500 Dodge Ram 4X4 Cummins Diesel truck. Any info on setting it up would be appercaited.

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Most people here are useing 1/2 dot airline allthough you can use bigger

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Sounds good to me 1/2 dot air line.

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hey guy, im running k5la with a 20 gallon tank as well to a 353 valve. i would recomend a 9/16inch hose line or 5/8 your choice or 1/2 if thats the route you go

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Where do you find the 5/8 to 1/2 pipe push connectors at. I would like to use the 5/8 dot air line but can’t find the push connectors.

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if you cant find them just use compression fittings

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I thought you could just use compression fittings on the dot air line.

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i use all copper 5/8 piping.and the flare fittings,works great and no leaks

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Is there a problem with using the brass barbed fittings and standard goodyear rubber hose?

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my experience with barb fittings is they have always leaked on me and compression fittings can hold more psi

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yea most barb fittings cant hold high psi

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i use 1/2 airline

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Most people would go 1/2 airline. I on the other hand rock 5/16 because im baller like that.

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LOL ballers rock k5las… say sumtin! lol

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nice sig man

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thnks… buddy of mine made it

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do not use that crappy dot air lines they are way to small. go to the hard ware store (I go to Lowe’s) and get eather 3/4 id or 5/8id hose (3/4 only if u can find a 1/2 pipe fitting to 3/4 id hose) check the max psi to make sure that they are rated at what you need and make sure to use 2 hose clamps on each barb fitting that have constant pressure on them

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dont K horns only have a 1/2 npt input? if so theres no since in useing anything bigger than 1/2 ID airline if you do all your doing is creating a pointless bottleneck

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no 1/2id hoses are smaller than 1/2 pipe fittings. Just compare them. a 3/4id hose is the same size as a 1/2 pipe fitting.

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Can you show me a picture of the type of fittings you use to connect the hoses?