-------------- Original message from John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net>: --------------


> 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 remove d 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
> >
> >
> >
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