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Rusty, can you give details of how you sealed the
oil filler hole in the picture? I need to do something like this.
Wendell
Hi Wendell,
I was afraid someone was going to ask this :-)
Clearly what is needed here is a metric hose barb fitting, with
M12 x 1.75 threads, but amazingly I couldn't find
one :-) Basically, I went to the hardware store, with
the goal of making something work. The best I could some up with was a
metric allen bolt that fit the threaded hole. It turns out that the
allen that fits this is fairly large, and an 1/8" NPT (I think) hose
barb would almost screw into the hole in the top of the bolt head. I
drilled about a 1/8" hole down the length of the bolt,
then "installed" the hose barb into the top of the bolt head.
As I recall, I tried tapping the head of the bolt for 1/8" NPT thread, but I
don't remember that being very successful. In the end, I believe
I JB welded the hose barb in place. Fortunately, it's just a vent, and not
all that important if it falls apart. Since I have it all apart, I
could maybe find a steel hose barb (rather than the brass one), and weld it in
place.
Rusty (you'll be afraid to ask next time I
bet)
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