I had one of those plastic lines move in my engine compartment, and land
right on the header. I thought I had it tywraped securely enough, but I
guess not. This was on my '65 Willy's Jeep with the 350 Chevy engine stuffed
into it.
Boy you should have seen the oil spewing from under the car when it melted
through!
I never thought that much oil could come from that small a diameter tube!
Next time, I think I'll get the copper line unit, or add a hell of a lot
more tywraps.
Glenn Bowley
'75 Spit FM30644U
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Smith [SMTP:CraigS@iewc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 4:34 PM
> To: 'Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Oil pressure gauge
>
>
> Mine is over 13 years old.
> still nice and pliable no leaks.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou [mailto:dougbert@rcn.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:10 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Oil pressure gauge
>
>
>
> >Take your oil pressure sender to the auto parts store and get a "T"
> >fitting with the same threads. Then get a fitting that will allow you
> >to install the sender on one side of the "T". Then get yourself a
> >mechanical oil pressure gauge and make sure the fitting that comes in
> >the kit. If not, get the proper fittings to adapt the gauge line to the
> >other side of the "T".
> >
> >Then all you have to do is install it in the hole where the sender came
> >out of and it all works fine.
>
> Most of the cheaper oil pressure gauges seem to come with a thin plastic
> tube to carry the pressure from the engine to the gauge. This would scare
> me- if it breaks
> under the dash, it starts spraying oil all over your feet; if it breaks
> under the hood, you will start losing oil (hopefully you will look at
> the gauge before all the oil is gone...). If I were installin one of
> these,
> I would look into getting a copper line or braided hydraulic hose to
> replace it...
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
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