Customs copper oil pressure line vs plastic

Had the same experience last year going to a car show . The copper line going to gage broke off right at the block and sprayed the windshield of our model T going down the freeway thankfully got it too the side of the road safely. We were traveling with friends so a quick trip to the auto supply was made for a new pharaoh and fitting to fix it. Thankfully we picked up an extra because it happened again on the way home. A new plastic line was used and haven't had a problem since.

 

If you are doing brake lines make the loops horizontal not vertical with the top of the coil closest to the master cylinder so any air can work it's way back through the master cylinder.

 

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Line from AG..."Everybody wants to be a Pharaoh"

 

with the bood initiation and everything!

 

hmmm how about using flex hose like on a grease gun from block to bulkhead?
most are 18" length, and have 1/8 npt threads, could use a connector to make multiple sections....

Could terminate it with a compression fitting to continue on to gage....
??

 

I have used flex grease gun hose for oil pressure gauges a
number of times, cheap and effective.

 

I changed out my nylon one from 1978 to copper fairly recently. I'm glad I did, I'm sure it was on the verge of something catastrophic. Of coarse back then it was more than likely american made nylon.

 

I recently installed another nylon line in a newer car.
One thing that I did, both for protection and to hide the bright white line, was to put a piece heat shrink tube over it. The only place that I put any heat to it was right at the fittings, so the heat shrink tube wouldn't move around.
It did take a little work to get the heat shrink tube over the nylon, but I did.

The heat shrink material is actually pretty tough stuff. I figured it might help with any type of light abrasion, maybe some resistance to being easily cut, along with hiding the white line.

Mike

 

I'm guessing that most line breaks occur at the fittings . Possibly because many folks

Overtighten the fittings causing the ferrule to " cut" or " pinch" the plastic or copper tubing ..

 

Had one melt on a exhaust manifold once, luckily it melted closed, no leak. Since then, I've always used copper.

 

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