[TR] Catastrophic oil line failure for oil pressure gauge

[Glenn A. Merrell]

thenicholls at 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!