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[Jackman]

Oil Pipe

I have got this oil pipe but the fitments on the end of it is too big to either put in the block or in the gauge. It is a female to female pipe and i was wondering if anyone uses this pipe on there TIM pressure gauge if so what fitments did they use on it.

Thanks alot

Jackman

[Ste mini]

cant see it being more then 8mm think thats about right

[Jackman]

Does anyone have a better idea or has a link to the items i need?

[Jackman]

Anyone at all. Could do with finding out. Minispares are useless. They said it fits :S

[Guess-Works.com]

to fit the pipe to the block you need an adaptor, which is the same with smiths guages...

one of these Clicky

and I suspect that the tim guage is a metric union, that pipe is probably designed for the Smiths Guages.

*edit* Didn't the tim guage come with the pipe necessary ?

Edited by GuessWorks, 29 November 2005 - 09:17 AM.

[Jackman]

Ahh i see. I doubt they do a Male To Female one of those too?

John you have too much knowlege when it comes to minis

*Edit*Yes it did but its vibrating and annoying the T*ts off me.

[Guess-Works.com]

Unfortunately that'd be the tim guage... :nugget:

[Jackman]

What will be the tim gauge? Its the pipe behind the bulkhead vibrating, i cant stop it. Ill ask minispares if they have the adaptor if not ill fork out for a smith gauge :S Just need to find the bloody pipe now.

[Jackman]

http://www.minispare...aspx?pid=36753#

Thats the other part.

Thanks for your help John

[chairchild]

if it's vibrating - cover the damn thing in gaffer-tape

[Jackman]

Yeah i know but ive already got that pipe you see. No point in wasting that pipe.

[dklawson]

Sorry to come into this late.

This is a topic frequently brought up "over here". The threads in the block are supposed to be 1/8 BSPP (straight threads with a sealing washer). Those aren't available much in the States so it's common practice on Midgets and Minis to use 1/8 NPT fittings. The fit is close and with a little pipe tape they seal quite well.

The Smiths oil pressure gauges have a male thread on the back. I believe this is also 1/8 straight pipe thread. The tube fitting that goes on the back of a Smiths gauge has a female thread and seals to the gauge using a small fiber washer (it doesn't seal on the threads). However, you can use 1/8 NPT female adapters with pipe tape... just like on the block.

The early oil gauges had a copper line from the block up to the top of the clutch housing. From there to the firewall a piece of rubber tubing carried the pressure. At the firewall the rubber tubing went back to copper for connection to the gauge. If you fit a copper line all the way between the gauge and block, be sure to put a couple of large coils (perhaps 50mm in diameter) in the line. These will absorb some of the motion from the engine rocking and reduce the likelihood of fatigue failures in the line. Where the copper line vibrates on something, take a length of small bore fuel hose and split it lengthwise so you can slip it over the line as a sheath. If you use nylon tubing for the gauge, check it periodically, keep it away from heat, and replace it every few years so you aren't surprised by a failure. The stuff hardens over time and is knows to crack.

Sorry, we don't have TIM gauges over here. I can't comment about what they have/need for adapter fittings.