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| Author: | NG [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Oil sender pipe? is this what it connects to.. |
help! i have a 6 gauge rover dash & a rover engine. the 3 center dials clocks, battery & oil. now the oil one what do i buy to plug onto the back of that? picutre below to wire into the oil sender unit? it looks like a screw like thing but im not sure what i need . lastly will it matter that the car is a carby model? i think the dash is of an mpi or an spi. so what do i need to buy?> can you point me in the right direction. [/img] 
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| Author: | ryan [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:10 pm ] |
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Hmmm, can't remember what they are called (maybe something with the work 'cock' in it, maybe petcock). You can get them from auto one or supercrap. They have a tube, with a little metal ring around the end, then a screw on cover, the metal ring and cover work together to seal it. Hard to explain. Someone else will be able to help. Pic added 
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| Author: | mattsmadmini [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:11 pm ] |
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you need an oil pressure line to go from the back of gauge to the sender.... |
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| Author: | NG [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:24 pm ] |
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thank you. 
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| Author: | ryan [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:25 pm ] |
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So i just looked it up, and they are not called petcock. The thing I was thinking of are called olives and they are the little Olive shaped things in the picture above. The tube nuts slip over the tube, then the olive goes on. You then screw the tube nuts onto the gauge, and the the olives bite into the tube causing it to seal. I had to replace my tube after routing it too close to the extractors when putting the engine back in. I wondered where all the smoke was coming from...  
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| Author: | mickmini [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:01 pm ] |
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ryan wrote: So i just looked it up, and they are not called petcock. The thing I was thinking of are called olives and they are the little Olive shaped things in the picture above. The tube nuts slip over the tube, then the olive goes on. You then screw the tube nuts onto the gauge, and the the olives bite into the tube causing it to seal.
I had to replace my tube after routing it too close to the extractors when putting the engine back in. I wondered where all the smoke was coming from... that is why the good ones are copper not plastic
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| Author: | grey 64 [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:04 pm ] |
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Petcock 
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| Author: | micowen [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:14 pm ] |
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FINALLY!! Something that I can contribute to. I used to run a tool shop for a truck and trailer smash repairs. Going by the picture above with the white nylon tube, it is a nut and olive setup! Anything from 1/4" (6mm) up you use what is called a spigot inside the end of the tube as well. They hold like sh*t to a blanket aswell! If the tube (line) is a 5/32" then you can use a "roadranger olive". All the nuts, olives, and spigots are redily available from any truck parts suppliers (Gleemans, Hiways, etc) or places like Industrial Fitting sales, Blackwoods, Express Industrial Supplies, etc. These questions I can answer! |
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| Author: | Convertible Mini [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Oil Pressure line to gauge. |
Always make sure that tis white pipe rests on the exhaust manifole before it gets to the gauge ...NOT. I bought my first Mini with a blown up engine because of one of these tubes installed too long and it say on the extractors till it melted and let all the oil get pumped out till engine had no oil to run on. BANG. |
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| Author: | Harley [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil sender pipe? is this what it connects to.. |
NG wrote: i think the dash is of an mpi or an spi.
Would be worth finding out. Tachos from late 1996 onwards won't work on a carby engine. |
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| Author: | NG [ Fri May 01, 2009 7:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oil sender pipe? is this what it connects to.. |
Harley wrote: NG wrote: i think the dash is of an mpi or an spi. Would be worth finding out. Tachos from late 1996 onwards won't work on a carby engine. how do i find this out mate? i bought it from the uk so i cant ask. is there anything i should be looking for?> all i know is it come out of a 1989 Uk mini. i think some one maybe said to me to check it is not mpi or spi or it wont work.. |
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