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Re: Fixed one thing and broke another...

To: "Kevin Rhodes" <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Fixed one thing and broke another...
From: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 02:46:47 -0400
Pretty much any auto parts store will have a replacement kit for low price.
The ferrule on the end of the plastic line is a brass crush fit type- just
slip the line through the nut, then through the ferrule, and tighten in
place.

Scott



> Had to replace Freddy's starter today - can't complain, it was the
original
> starter out of my 74 parts car and the replacement was only $80 from
> LBCARCO. Unfortunately, in the process, I bumped the hose that goes to my
> mechanical oil pressure gauge and broke the darn thing! Old and brittle
> plastic. Shot a stream of oil a good six feet across the garage when I
> started him up. So where do I get a replacement? Looking at it, it does
not
> look possible to re-attach the end. Would need some sort of heat die. It's
> a Jaeger mechanical gauge, probably from a Jaguar - the needle hangs from
> the top, opposite the way the Triumph Smiths gauges work.
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin and Freddy in Westbrook, Maine

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