| elmariachi |
02-12-2009 10:00 PM |
FE Oil Adapter Question, Real-time help needed
I know this needs to be in the FE forum, but I figure it might get more visibility here tonight. I am doing final assembly on my side oiler and have a question for the pros. How do you plug the old dipstick hole adjacent to the remote filter adapter on the block? I have searched for an hour and cannot find a solution. Help appreciated.
Thanks.
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| Rick Parker |
02-12-2009 10:14 PM |
You could thread it for a 1/8" OR 1/4" tapered pipe plug. Just be certain all the filings are recovered. Maybe put heavy grease on the tap. Or lightly drive a tapered pin into the hole and carefully cut it off.
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| elmariachi |
02-12-2009 11:18 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Parker
(Post 920642)
You could thread it for a 1/8" OR 1/4" tapered pipe plug. Just be certain all the filings are recovered. Maybe put heavy grease on the tap. Or lightly drive a tapered pin into the hole and carefully cut it off.
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And that's exactly what we did. Thanks. |
| Clois Harlan |
02-13-2009 06:22 AM |
Mine was plugged with a metal plug by putting some silicone on it and taping it into the hole. Still there after 6 years.
Clois
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| Murphy |
02-13-2009 07:06 AM |
Brass Plug
You can buy a brass plug at Home Depot in the plumbing section about 3/4" long that fits inside the tubing and has a machined collar on the top the same as the OD of the tube. Just solder it in like you sweat a copper pipe and it will never come off or leak. Very clean looking also.
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| elmariachi |
02-13-2009 02:51 PM |
Thanks guys, we just threaded the first 1/2" of the hole and screwed in a 1/8" pipe fitting with the Allen head inset. Looks like it is supposed to be there.
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| SoTxButler |
02-14-2009 08:57 AM |
elmariachi, aren't you in Houston? Sounds like you are getting close....I still have a number of FE parts if you need anything.
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| elmariachi |
02-14-2009 11:42 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by SoTxButler
(Post 921045)
elmariachi, aren't you in Houston? Sounds like you are getting close....I still have a number of FE parts if you need anything.
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Yep, NW of Houston in Cypress. I am close, see below. Need to install the pushrods and Erson rockers, spacer and balancer, run the wires, stab the distributor and add oil. Hoping to do the break-in run in about a week. And I still have to recarpet the car, finish the dash rewire and a few others odds and ends. I am shooting to be in Austin for the TX meet, but it will be a tight squeeze. I am chasing a bunch of bits and pieces, I'll PM you with what I need. Thanks Russ.
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