Re: [mg-tabc] broken TC oil lines

[Gene Wescott]

Mike Goodman makes flexible oil lines which work very well. I have been using one on my 47 TC for many years. I was introduced to the broken oil line problem 25 years ago when I was driving alone down the Alcan Highway from Alaska to California for a years sabbatical leave. Between the last Alaska town, Tok, and the Yukon Territory border I saw a suit jacket and pants lying beside the road on the other side. I stopped to investigate, and while turning around I noticed that the oil pressure was going rapidly towards zero. The line from the pump to the original filter was cracked and spewing oil out. Panic! I shut off the engine and considered my fate. After a while a gasoline tanker truck headed for a roadhouse near the border came along and towed me to the roadhouse where he thought someone could weld it. Eventually someone was found who could silver solder it. While reassembling it I over-torqued and broke off one of the bolts attaching the line to the pump. No amount of trying to remove the broken part worked but I managed to clamp the line to the pump with two radiator hose clamps and was able to proceed to Beaver Creek in the Yukon Terr. Where a real garage had a drill and easy out. I found the right size metric bolt on a wrecked Datsun out back and continued on my way. This worked for years without a problem, but Mike Goodman convinced me that rigid oil lines were a disaster waiting to happen, and installed the rubber line.

By the way the suit jacket and pants fitted me exactly.

Gene Wescott

[JTPAKI@aol.com]

Well, I still have the hard oil lines, but this winter I did install an oil
pressure warning buzzer. Installed it under the dash in the oil pressure
gauge line. I howls quite loudly below 15lbs and if the key is on. It was
cheap to do. The only irritation is the buzzer goes off when you turn the
key on to start the car. An on-delay timer could be used to avoid this.

Joe Potter

[mrbadger]

I LOVE that story!!!
I'm jealous, I wish it had been me but then, probably the suit wouldn't
fit.
Badger

Gene Wescott wrote:

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> Mike Goodman makes flexible oil lines which work very well. I have been using one on my 47 TC for many years. I was introduced to the broken oil line problem 25 years ago when I was driving alone down the Alcan Highway from Alaska to California for a years sabbatical leave. Between the last Alaska town, Tok, and the Yukon Territory border I saw a suit jacket and pants lying beside the road on the other side. I stopped to investigate, and while turning around I noticed that the oil pressure was going rapidly towards zero. The line from the pump to the original filter was cracked and spewing oil out. Panic! I shut off the engine and considered my fate. After a while a gasoline tanker truck headed for a roadhouse near the border came along and towed me to the roadhouse where he thought someone could weld it. Eventually someone was found who could silver solder it. While reassembling it I over-torqued and broke off one of the bolts attaching the line to the pump. No amount of trying to remove the broken part worked but I managed to clamp the line to the pump with two radiator hose clamps and was able to proceed to Beaver Creek in the Yukon Terr. Where a real garage had a drill and easy out. I found the right size metric bolt on a wrecked Datsun out back and continued on my way. This worked for years without a problem, but Mike Goodman convinced me that rigid oil lines were a disaster waiting to happen, and installed the rubber line.
>
> By the way the suit jacket and pants fitted me exactly.
>
> Gene Wescott

[Eric Worpe]

Hi Joe,
Try powering the oil pressure buzzer from the Dynamo output
directly. The buzzer can only work if the engine is running and
thus driving the dynamo and the oil pressure switch has not been
activated ie low oil pressure.
Regards, Eric Worpe.