| Q. for Dan [message #75206] |
Sun, 28 February 2010 18:34  |
g.winger
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Dan, was wondering where your oil line broke and how was it run. Tight,,loose,, tie wraped,, 4" dia. loop to account for vibration and engine movement?? The reason why I asked is I just ran mine in copper, now I wished I had spent the extra coin on electric,,,thank,,PL
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| Re: Q. for Dan [message #75241 is a reply to message #75210] |
Sun, 28 February 2010 23:06  |
idrob
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Sun, 28 February 2010 16:47 |
The first time the plastic broke, it was on top of the engine, near the sender. Teri saw the oil spraying all over the engine and headers through the glass cover. This time, it was old and brittle and broke out under the hood. I have a picture on the blog. It was very brittle and just snapped in half. I left that piece in after the first break so I did not have to get into the dash. The PO put the plastic line on, which is all that comes with a new gauge. I would never use plastic again. Copper or electric is only way to go. I stuck with the manual gauge and ran the copper.It does not touch anything, I made sure of that when I ran it. I also have it in wire loom in some spots.
Hope that helps.
Dan
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Sorry Dan, I had a broken fan belt shear off a copper mechanical oil pressure line on an SOB a number of years ago. I went all electric so no lines to break at all.
Was fun, broken fan belt and broken oil line, remote Utah, almost dark.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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| Re: Q. for Dan [message #75245 is a reply to message #75206] |
Sun, 28 February 2010 23:14 |
kingd
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If you want to get real expensive but reliable, there are stainless steel braid covered teflon hoses to connect from the engine to the guage. I believe Earls sell ready made lines. I personally would NOT use the plastic.
DAVE KING
DAVE KING
lurker, wannabe
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Re: [GMCnet] Q. for Dan [message #75274 is a reply to message #75271] |
Mon, 01 March 2010 11:32 |
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WD0AFQ
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Rob, I dropped the "click link" because it was not letting my notes into several providers that dispersed them. About 6 months back. I probably need to just clean all of it out now. I think folks know I write a daily blog. Had over 1000 hits on it one day.
We are up in Silver City doing the geocache thing today. Some snow at 6,000 ft. Stopping at Jeff's for supper and to do some work on his GMC. Those things will fill tonite's blog.
Oh yea, since the fire, when we smell something "odd", Teri gets up and makes her rounds through the entire coach.
Dan
life is great living in a GMC
3 In Stainless Exhaust Headers
One Ton All Discs/Reaction Arm
355 FD/Quad Bag/Alum Radiator Manny Tran/New eng.
Holley EFI/10 Tire Air Monitoring System
Solarized Coach/Upgraded Windows
Satelite TV/On Demand Hot Water/3Way Refer
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