Re: Oil Pressure line for 1937

Posted by 40clubcoupe On 2016/7/26 9:18:57

My 40 has this same oil fitting but my line looks much smaller in diameter than the picture posted, maybe 3/32" or even 1/16". My line is ruptured below the curly pigstail and about 2" before the special fitting going into the block adapter.
Can I torch the special fitting off, cut the line back to good metal, and resolder the fitting back on?
Is this plumbing solder or ox-acet brazing?

The adapter that screws in the block and mates with the oil line fitting looks to be a standard NPT fitting, so I would have thought a compression fitting would work here. But I am confused.