X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp105.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.229.100] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with SMTP id 2451320 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:26:14 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.229.100; envelope-from=sladerj@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 67809 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2007 03:25:37 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=S/RDZcZf6y4F7NgdHDmG5pkjG3zNXloxvw1Oa3a2FraTJDOEUQwS+yVMpuDde6AQ11XOMtbt1/qcncUoig1MGJ1blNWwCPYh4UgFFJ+sA1Z0MWmJgrphCqpxogH9MfEiBsPdqC1FfagYtBX9hbLDSqKMT+PUI51ou7NAhdMSvnQ= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.116?) (taskswap@sbcglobal.net@75.27.147.53 with plain) by smtp105.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2007 03:25:37 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: R0dVV0YVM1moqFPHU7GOd2Bw6H0Lh.F32fAtuXCaHdXcUECHP29PxC8eXT6wK3d_9j5V2n8XYX12g6KlMq7zgyATQfpQiE2yBd_uvnJgwbbkofUvSjE- Message-ID: <472A98B5.6070602@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:25:41 -0400 From: John Slade Reply-To: sladerj@sbcglobal.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Oil Pressure Sender Placement References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'd recommend not screwing a sensor directly into the engine. It's better to mount it somewhere on a bracket and feed it with a braided hose to protect it from possible fracture at the neck. Also, with an oil pressure sensor, a restricter is suggested to limit flow should there be a leak. Regards, John Slade DLOMHEIM@aol.com wrote: > My 13B seems to have pulled oil pressure from a small port next to the > oil filter plate which supplies the oil to Tracy's PSRU. A VDO > pressure sender will fit into the hole but will not thread so I must > assume this was never tapped out for NPT and is still in metric. In > looking at a picture of the engine before I removed all the senders, > it shows a small brass fitting on the end of the pressure sender but I > can't find that small brass piece anywhere and was therefore wondering > what the sock thread size so as to get something to adapt to my VDO > sending unit? Thanks for any help. > > Doug Lomheim > RV-9A, 13B, FWF > OK City, OK > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See what's new at AOL.com > and Make AOL Your > Homepage .