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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~