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 Posted: 06-12-2005 03:53 pm
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Paul Koehler



Joined: 04-06-2005
Location: Malone, New York USA
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 With the recent change of exhaust header, the harmony of the engine was displaced, resulting in moving hoses etc. to get at exhaust flage. After putting it all back and starting it up, I discovered that the oil pressure gauge tubing was not connected, and you can figure out the rest. A BIG MESS.

Trying to get the tubing reconnected has proved quite difficult, due to its positioning. I guess I'll have to take the carbs off to get at it, as I cannot affect enough pressure to get it to seat properly.

Does the hard plastic tubing seat all the way down on the spiget? Any proven ways to do this as the tubing is quite inflexible? Has anybody switched over to an electrical gauge? Smith's or otherwise? Does the sensor use the same port?

I have this vision of blowing the tubing in the middle of no-where or worse yet, deep frying my legs with hot oil with a gauge malfunction.

TIA,

PK-18849