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10-15-2007, 12:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Dallas, TX
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removed gauge cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
so how screwed am i? this wasnt a wire... it was some sort of metal tube or something. where can i get a replacement? will one come with a new guage cluster when i buy it?
(unfortunatly, it wouldnt come loose, and the torque was just bending the guage housing anyway, so i jsut snipped it off) |
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10-15-2007, 01:01 PM
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Why does it taste purple?
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cambridge Md
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
More than likely it was a copper tube.You can buy that stuff at a local hardware store or buy it as a kit upgrade for your new gauge.Your new gauge probably will not come with the tube.You will have to solder it together.Not hard at all.Just make sure it dont leak afterwards or you will have a big mess in the cab
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10-15-2007, 01:08 PM
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
haha yeah, i was wondering if it was going to start leaking oil... but it looks like it was pinched pretty good by my sidecutters
 whats the tecnical name for that, so i know what to look for? |
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10-15-2007, 01:10 PM
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Why does it taste purple?
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
It should be a mechanical oil pressure gauge copper tube kit if you are goin to buy it at a parts store or out of a catalog
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10-15-2007, 01:42 PM
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
 
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
Don't start the truck without pinching off that line.... trust me, I know this
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10-15-2007, 01:51 PM
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
...and you can't hold your thumb over the end just to pull it back in the shop either!
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10-15-2007, 01:57 PM
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Why does it taste purple?
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
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10-15-2007, 02:00 PM
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
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Good thing it got all over the rubber mats and not my new carpet 
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10-15-2007, 04:02 PM
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
All you need are a couple of high pressure fittings to reconnect your tubing to your oil gauge. I usualy buy mine from a Mack Truck dealer as you can just put togrther what you need. You can probabaly get a new fitting for the back of your gauge as well. Cheap! There is usually more copper tubing then the required length needed to hook up your gauge. Pull a bit through your fire wall and bobs your uncle.
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10-15-2007, 04:16 PM
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
Buy brass fitting at the local hardware store and reinstall. Nothing to it. I don't trust the plastic tubing you get with new gauges like the plastic tubing for a ice maker.
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10-15-2007, 05:08 PM
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
I bought the copper tube at the auto parts store for mine. Worked great! I just coiled the excess in the engine compartment similer to stock. Definately stay away from the nylon stuff.
SHawn
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10-15-2007, 05:49 PM
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Re: removed guage cluster, had to cut oil pressure connection
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It should have one more connection behind the distributor before it passes through the firewall. Mine had a coiled one coming out of the engine then another 18" one onto that for the gauge (the one you cut).
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