[DML] Re: Oil pressure sensor

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All 1/8" pipe fittings on the PRV are BSPT -- 28 TPI (versus 1/8" NPT
-- 27 TPI). Such fittings are very easy to obtain mail order (McMaster
Carr for example) but are rare over the counter. I'd recommend adding
1/8" BSPT tap & die to your American set for just such emergencies --
you could have turned down the smooth part of a 3/8" bolt to plug the
sender hole.

BSPT are handy for custom work too. I replaced my PCV valve (unique to
my installation) with a calibrated nipple from a surplus cold start
tube. Nipple threads are of course BSPT. Used my tap to modify a brass
fitting to join the nipple to a larger hose barb (again, unique to my
installation).

Bill Robertson
#5939
  
>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> You will have a lot of trouble finding something that will fit the
> threads. The danger of leaks and the possabilty of the plug comming
> loose with the complete loss of oil presssure that will ruin the motor
> is too great. Either live with the leak or reseal it with silicone
> until you get a replacement. Another choice could be to gut the thing,
> drill and tap it out and put a pipe plug in it. I am talking about the
> sender on the left side of the motor, not the one by the oil filter.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 








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