

| Subject: | Re: VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:59:35 -0500 |
If six years is a good test period then I'll say the grease gun hose will hold up. Don't be lazy! Make a bracket to hold the T fitting out of your way when adjusting your points or servicing your distributor. Stan Wilder On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:23:01 -0400 (EDT) David Brodbeck <gull@cyberspace.org> writes: > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Stan Wilder wrote: > > > So, I'm now thinking of ordering the gauge through bus-boys. > > ----------------------- > > Most of us are using an metric adapter for the block, a 10" rubber > grease > > gun extension hose, a T fitting and installing two senders. > (Excuse me, > > some of us are using the grease gun hose). > > Think a grease gun hose will hold up in this kind of service? I > was > thinking of having a hydraulic shop make a hose for me. > > This is pretty much the scheme I plan to use on my diesel. I'm not > comfortable letting my gauge sender hang off the engine only > supported by > the tee, it's just too heavy and I'm afraid it'll snap off the first > time > I hit a really big pothole. > > _ _ > __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) > Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | > +----------------------------------------------------- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "I think the brilliant aspect of the Bush speech > last > |___/ night is that it was crafted so simply that even > Bush > himself could understand it." -- Leeron Kopelman > > >
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