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Re: [T3] Speaking of brake lines


On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 00:02, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 26 Jun 2005 at 19:00, Russ Wolfe wrote:
> 
> > The brake line ports should be a straight thread, while the switch ports
> > should be a tapered pipe thread....
> 
> This also seems really logical, but I just checked an OE ATe tandem MC and my 
> straight M10 x 1 tap fits equally snugly in all 5 tapped ports, right from the 
> start. If you check the Machinery's Handbook, they say that a tapered male pipe 
> thread into a straight female pipe thread is an acceptable sealing thread.
> 
> BTW the holes for the brake switches, the ones on the left, are drilled about 
> 3mm, while the 3 holes for the hard lines are drilled about 1mm.
Why did ATe make the switch port with a bigger hole?? I checked my spare
MC, and you are right. M10x1mm goes into all 5 ports, but a Taper pipe
tap goes deeper into the switch ports than it does into the line ports.
-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
'05 KIA Sorento SUV
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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