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Subject:Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:42:09 -0500

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 kdlewis@juno.com wrote:

> You are probably right, as long as you never have to undo it. What
> happens then? Like after a rebuild. At the best you have a cross-thread
> situation, at the worst threads fall out (or in). I plan on keeping my
> truck a long time. I have spent a lot of money and time doing things
> correctly. To intentionally screw a tapered, standard pipe thread into a
> straight metric hole goes against my grain.

In that case, can you suggest a source for M10 tees and nipples, or at
least M10 to 1/8NPT adapters?  I can't find them *anywhere*.

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