thenicholls@verizon.net wrote:
> Just to pass this on. On Friday, my wife and I were heading to lunch.
> The oil line that drives the oil pressure gauge failed at the gauge, and
> proceeded to insert 2 quarts of oil into my 1972 Triumph TR6. It was
> like a bad horror movie when the walls start to bleed.
>
>
Fortunately it opened in the passenger compartment.
When they break at the block connection, you learn about it when your
rods start knocking and the bearings start spinning.
A popular conversion is replacing the old poly line using copper line,
and the second popular conversion is to replace the line and gauge with
a sending unit and electric gauge.
--
Glenn A. Merrell
Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead
bugs on the windshield!
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