Finishing a Ford 801 diesel engine job that was started by another guy. While tightening the two loose hydraulic pump bolts in order to fix a leak at the gear end, I managed to crack the brass oil pressure fitting that sits behind the pump. On startup, oil spewed.
I popped in a 1/8npt zerk fitting as the only plug available, which worked.
Where do I find such a fitting? It's 1/8npt male 90 elbow, with a small female thread that accepts the oil line to the fitting. And, why did it not fit
in the space so that it bent and cracked? Maybe not the right part? Special alignment?
Weatherhead has a similar fitting #402x2, but this one has a small boss inside that suggests it's a flare fitting.
Would like to have a working oil pressure gauge.
I popped in a 1/8npt zerk fitting as the only plug available, which worked.
Where do I find such a fitting? It's 1/8npt male 90 elbow, with a small female thread that accepts the oil line to the fitting. And, why did it not fit
in the space so that it bent and cracked? Maybe not the right part? Special alignment?
Weatherhead has a similar fitting #402x2, but this one has a small boss inside that suggests it's a flare fitting.
Would like to have a working oil pressure gauge.