But can the 3.99 grease gun hose take the heat from the engine? What
I think I'm going to do is install a small piece of black pipe in the
block, and run into an 45 deg angle to a tee. From this tee I will mount
the original sender, and run a thin brake line tube out to the top side of
the engine where I will mount the gauge sender.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Stan Wilder wrote:

> There are a couple of tricks to this.
> #1) Use galvanized or steel 1/8" pipe for the nipples. Keep then about 2"
> long. (brass is much more fragile)
> #2) Use a 45 degree angle to get that clearance you need.
> #3) A few trips into the brass fitting with the threads will knock down
> the sharp edges and it will screw into the block with a better fit.
> #4) Standard grease gun hoses are rated at 3000 psi, the $3.99 hoses I've
> been getting are.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:03:01 -0500 David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
> writes:
> > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Ben McCafferty wrote:
> >
> > > Check out Bill Davidson's article on this at vanagon.com.  I used
> > his
> > > procedure with two exceptions:  make the hose 5" long, and notch
> > the tin
> > > instead of putting a hole in it--that way you can remove the tin
> > without
> > > removing the hose or sender.  You can have your own hose made for
> > about 8-10
> > > bucks, and it is a much better fit than the VDO version--far from
> > exhaust,
> > > etc.
>
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