57 oil gauge line

[Chris S.]

can anyone supply me with picture of oil gauge line with loop, how it would have appeared? If it matters with FI.

thanks
chris

[Chris S.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

i went back in the past posts, could not pull up picture, lots of talk how it is done, appears a 1.5 inch diameter just be for the fire wall. Anyone comfirm this?

thanks
chris

[Mike M.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

i don't believe there were any loops on the oil pressure line.mike

[Steven B.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

My original line on my 245 HP has no indication of ever being looped and don't believe there is any way it could considering the length.

Steve

[Chris S.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

are we talking about the same thing? the oil line between the block and gauge? I thought i read it in the JM?

[Steven B.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

are we talking about the same thing? the oil line between the block and gauge? I thought i read it in the JM?

Yep, same line.

Steve

[Bruce B.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

The new 56-57 Judging Guide calls for the following (page 69) :

"Original Copper coated steel lines are 3/32" diameter with a 5/16" (not 3/8") hex head compression fitting and have a loop in them after exiting the firewall prior to attaching to the engine block".

[Mike M.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

bruce: i believe we made a mistake on this item. too many original cars lack the loop.mike

[Bruce B.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

Mike,
Interesting, my 809 car did not have the loop, so I did not put one in when I did the car.

[Chris S.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

great thank you for the feed back. i tried looking at Noland adams book and saw some 62's with this but hard to see with the 57 pictures.

[Chris S.]

Re: 57 oil gauge line

doing more research in the archives and i see Mike Greene had a 57 with a 4360 fi unit with a great picture of the oil psi gauge line. he had a loop in his line. Mike Greene post was from March 6th 2008. From the post mentioned before the loop is not supposed to be there? was there differences with the car build dates? Want to make sure i am doing the purist thing!

Thanks
Chris