Oil pressure gauge pipe leaking!

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  • althedoc
    Low Range
    • Apr 2020
    • 11
    #1

    Oil pressure gauge pipe leaking!

    Hi all
    i have a 1965 88, petrol engine. It has a dual smith oil/temp gauge and the oil pressure pipe (see picture) is leaking quite severely right where it connects to the engine. I have been trying to find a new one but haven’t been able to. Can anyone help me find one? I can get a copper one from any auto store but what are the dimensions I should look for? Length etc?
    thanks
    Alex
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    • cedryck
      5th Gear
      • Sep 2010
      • 836
      #2
      Originally posted by althedoc
      Hi all
      i have a 1965 88, petrol engine. It has a dual smith oil/temp gauge and the oil pressure pipe (see picture) is leaking quite severely right where it connects to the engine. I have been trying to find a new one but haven’t been able to. Can anyone help me find one? I can get a copper one from any auto store but what are the dimensions I should look for? Length etc?
      thanks
      Alex
      I just did my dual gauge this weekend, and I love it! I purchased the Hard copper line kit, From John Craddocks. The line in your pic looks like a flexible line, you should plumb in a hard copper line with compression fitting, and there is a small gasket that goes in between the fitting and cap when installing before you tighten the cap. I am not sure of the line dimension, but is is larger than a typical line, check John Craddocks in UK, Order numbers for Craddocks, Copper tube fitting kit, JC841, and the Nylon kit is number JC840. I am sure our hosts have a fitting kit as they sell the gauge as well. Length is going to depend upon where you mount the gauge, and what side drive you have.
      Last edited by cedryck; 09-22-2020, 02:28 PM.

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        • althedoc
          Low Range
          • Apr 2020
          • 11
          #3
          Thanks for the reply! I found one at pangolin4x4. Will try that and see.
          Pangolin 4x4
          https://pangolin4x4.com/item/158

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            • cedryck
              5th Gear
              • Sep 2010
              • 836
              #4
              OK good. The one from Craddocks is 44 Pounds whatever that equates to in American dollars, Is the one from Ike long enough to reach your dash?

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                • roverp480
                  3rd Gear
                  • Jul 2020
                  • 322
                  #5
                  This is a genuine one for a S2 LR https://pablanchard.co.uk/Flex-Pipe-...e-Gauge-279785
                  Part Number taken for 2.25 petrol from LR optional Equipment parts book (47054 dated 1965) for 2 and 2A but although the LR gauge was supplied by Smiths, not sure the end fittings are the same as yours

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