I was poking through one of my catalogs late last night (Wife out of town) and
found what looks to be the the correct fitting. I think the 1/8 Pipe would
work, but this is what looks to be the right part and eliminates one more
adapter. So -3 hose right to the gauge. The fittings are slighlty different
then standard BSP threaded as the back if the gauge has a flat sealing surface
which seems to be Smith/Jaeger standard. It's not much more cost then the
adapter and a hose end so this looks to be problem solved. I was pretty sure
someone had some magic part, I just can't imagine running that plastic tubing
in a race car...
I'm guessing it is a Goodridge part, but here is the link from pegasus racing
for those interested -
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=3268
I'll get a couple and check it out. Looks right.
Thanks again for the other solutions as well.
Sandy
----- Original Message ----
From: Tom Hall <modtiger@comcast.net>
To: Sandy Ganz <sganz@pacbell.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 8:56:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Oil Pressure Gauge Fitting
At 11:04 PM 3/5/2008, you wrote:
Tom, just looking at the standard AN fittings and they have the 1/8" pipe to -3
and -4 females, so as long as it gets tight and doesn't leak looks like simple
solution. The AN's are easier to order from summit racing, and about 12 bucks
from aeroquip so the hack of pipe thread on it hopefully will be the magic!
You can also try placing a small o-ring in the fitting to see if it bottoms on
the oil pressure gage, even if you had to shorten the face of the fitting to
make that occur. That and some Loctite would give you a weep proof seal.
Tom Hall
ModTiger Engineering LLC
www.tigerengineering.net
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