on 3/19/01 4:58 PM, Malcolm Jeffcock at mjeffcock@tru.eastlink.ca wrote:
> Listers:
> I spent last summer restoring a 74 B and still have a bit to
> do (paint job, interior, carpet etc) but finished off last November getting
> an engine in and running. I started it up on Saturday....what a great
> sound...but I have run on. I noticed that the little "nipples" on top of the
> ani run on valve are broken off so the valve is not connected. How serious a
> role does the valve actually play. Is it really a potential reason for my run
> on?
Well, it seems plausible, given the logic of fitting such a device in the
first place, doesn't it? But I have no experience with this item, myself.
> Also I'vs had a number of B's over the years and one thing I have
> never had to play at was the oil gauge as a result I never really looked at
> how it was hooked up. Mine does not work. I have located the end of the small
> gauge copper tube which I blieve comes from the gauge and I have the steel
> braded hose on the side of the block...I also have a brass fitting type thing
> which I was told would hook them up but I don't see how. The brass thing has a
> spade for an electrical hook up (I have one attached that seems to be for it,
> trial and error no where else to put it), as well as two threaded male
> fitting which "could" serve as a connection for the braded hose BUT nowhere on
> it is there a place for the small gauge copper pipe to connect...
> I welcome all insights and comments, thanks in advance
>
I think what you have here is a confusion between the two types of oil
pressure gauge that were fitted at various times. The Moss catalog shows
your 74 as having the type with a tube running from the gauge through the
firewall to a fitting connecting to a braided flex hose connecting to the
engine block. There is no electrical connection (except for illumination).
But 68-71 Bs had a gauge that was electrically connected to a sensor mounted
on the block (no copper tube). It seems you have parts of both set-ups. Look
at the 72-76 dashboard page of the Moss catalog to see what you actually
need.
> Malcolm in Nova
> Scotia
>
>
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