[6pack] Oil Pressure Line Replacement - Access?

[Bob Danielson]

I did it the way Irv describes except I also removed my tach to get a little
more room. With the TSI S/S line you can't get it on without removing the OP
gauge from the dash as the heater gets in the way. And I too highly
recommend the S/S line from Ted Schumacher.

There's a couple of pictures here:

This one is looking through the ash tray

http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/ForumImages/OPBack.jpg

Here's the gauge out and the S/S line installed.

http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/ForumImages/OPLineGauge.jpg


Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 

-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Irv Korey
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:44 AM
To: Bruce Simms
Cc: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Oil Pressure Line Replacement - Access?

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Bruce Simms
<brucesimms2003 at yahoo.ca>wrote:

> Is there an easier way to remove the oil line from the oil pressure guage?
> The manual has you  removing the speedo and tach to lower the 
> dashboard to the service position.
>
> It looks like you could remove the ashtray and get a bit of access, 
> although I'm not sure you have enough room to actually get anything 
> done. If someone's done this, maybe they could explain.



Yes, you can get in there through the ashtray opening, as long as your hands
aren't too big. You can reach into the opening, turn the little thumbscrews
that hold the gauge bracket and remove all of those pieces through the
opening, then pull the gauge forward and out of the dash to access the oil
line. I used this technique to install the stainless line that I got from
Ted Schumacher. I also used some heat shrink tubing to cover the stainless
hose where it passed under the dash so that it wouldn't abraid any wires it
might come in contact with. Turned out to be a simple task through the
ashtray opening.

Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
Highland Park, IL
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