[Mgs] Oil ine fitting - HELP!

[Dodd, Kelvin]

Craig:

Really creative solution. Thanks for lettting us know how you did it.
I'll have to put that in idea in my toolbox.





Kelvin Dodd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-
> bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Craig Straub
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 1:36 PM
> To: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Oil ine fitting - HELP!
>
> Hi list,
>
> Thanks for everyone's suggestions.  I had to go to the hardware store
> early
> this morning.  One of the guys there is a hot rod nut and we started
> talking
> about the problem.  I had a spare oil fitting from my race car that I
took
> along.
>
> What I ended up doing was getting a brass 1/2" coupler.  I ran a pipe
tap
> all the way through to make sure I had good threads all the way and
try to
> get rid of some of the taper in the coupler.  I brought it home, put
some
> blue locktite on it left it set for a few hours and then I was able to
> remore it.  Then I had to put the fitting in a vise to break the brass
> coupler loose and then I cleaned up the fitting.
>
> Once again.  Thanks for everyone's advice.
>
> Craig