That's a new one on me. I have seen on-line dealers advertise them as metric
but indeed are SAE tapered. It is real close to the same thread, but not
close enough for me. The sender should seal with a copper crush ring instead
of an interferance fit at the threads.
Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "pickle vanagon" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] VDO oil sender with untapered threads?

>I would have thought so too, but I checked that it is indeed sold as M10
> threads.  The designation is M10x1k, and from what I've gathered the 1k
> stands for "keg" which is apparently a german tapered thread designation.
> (The "keg" style threads are referenced here, under the Metric section:
> http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thread-standards-d_776.html)
>
> After searching around some, I'm getting the impression that all the VDO
> M10 threads are actually M10x1k tapered threads...
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:
>
>> Wes,
>> Most likely NOT metric threads if it's tapered.
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "pickle vanagon" <
>> greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:52 PM
>> Subject: [VANAGON] VDO oil sender with untapered threads?
>>
>>
>>
>>  I ordered an M10 threaded VDO oil sender, and was a little disappointed
>> to
>>> find that it has *tapered* M10 threads, unlike the VW sender which uses
>>> standard threads and a sealing washer.  Does anybody now if the VDO
>>> sender
>>> comes in a version with standard M10 threads and a sealing washer,
>>> instead
>>> of tapered threads?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Wes
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>