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Old 17 June 2001, 18:40
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anyone tell me the size of the screw in fitting where the standard subaru low oil pressure switch fits?
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Old 17 June 2001, 18:48
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1/8 NPT (27 TPI).
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Old 17 June 2001, 19:28
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you beauty!

I'm going to also fit the capillary temp guage in the sump - if I'm going to weld in a thread has anyone had their sump baffled?
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Old 18 June 2001, 08:19
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Davvers:
<B>you beauty![/quote]

You've not met Mike, then?

A couple of people have baffled their sump whilst having this done. It isn't a bad idea from all accounts as a means of combatting oil surge. This time last year, oil surge was number 1 suspect for engine failures associated with cylinder 3...
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Old 18 June 2001, 18:52
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Anyone know of a way of getting the 3/8 BSP sender into the sump plug, it looks a little tight to simply drill and tap.
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Old 18 June 2001, 20:18
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Old 18 June 2001, 21:32
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are you talking about the pressure or temp sender chiark?
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Old 19 June 2001, 08:29
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10/10 - I was talking about pressure and you were talking about temperature. D'oh. Coat on, engine running.

3/8 sounds kinda big to get into the bung (by comparison, my sender is 1/8 NPT and SM make a sump bung for that).

I *think* (and I am thinking this time) that you may need to braze a thread into the sump to accomodate that. Hopefully someone with a clue will confirm this, such as Mike T, Firefox or Nito (plus others) who know their onions when it comes to this sort of thing.
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Old 19 June 2001, 13:35
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new idea 20mm to 3/8 BSP connector - job done - I hope!
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