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Chewed-up coupling connector - How-to?



 
 
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Old July 13th 03, 01:02 PM
Michael Horowitz
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Default Chewed-up coupling connector - How-to?

Folks - The oil pressure sensor/tube is secured to the engine block of
my A-65 by a brass connector which is getting pretty chewed up; Over
the years previous owners apparently using something other than the
correct tool to tighten it down.

I'm told (please correct me if my understanding is incorrect) one has
to replace the sensor and gauge in order to replace that connector.

Any suggestions on how to improve the lifespan of that brass
connector? - Mike
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Old July 13th 03, 05:36 PM
BD5ER
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Any suggestions on how to improve the lifespan of that brass
connector? - Mike


I assume your talking about that hollow brass fitting that holds the tube in
place. Unfortunatly other than replacing the unit and making sure a flare nut
wrench is used in the future I know of no, practical, way to make it pretty
again.

In cases like this I have found that a Vise-Grip with curved jaws and good
sharp teerh will get the things off with little additional damage.

Sometimes if the hex is large enough you can fill it down to the next smaller
size - either metric or Whitworth. I'm probably the only person in my state
with a set of Whitworth flare nut wrenc.. err... spanners so that may not be a
good option.

In either case the next guy that works on it will probably use a pair of
Vise-Grips after he rounds of the smaller size hex with the "correct" size
flare nut wrench.
 




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