Return-Path: Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.84] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b6) with ESMTP id 230519 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:43:34 -0400 Received: from user-2injq0k.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.121.232.20] helo=Carol) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BfIt4-00036B-00 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:43:02 -0700 Message-ID: <00e701c45dde$fa9554f0$0000a398@Carol> From: "sqpilot@earthlink" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil temp sensor Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:42:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00E4_01C45DB5.1092DAE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01C45DB5.1092DAE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Barry.....thanks for the response. I had the local hydraulic shop = fabricate my oil lines going to my oil cooler, and had a 1/4" NPT "T" = installed in the middle of the hose between the oil cooler and the = engine. This is where I wish to install my oil temp probe. Thanks for = the info/suggestions. Paul Conner ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Barry Gardner=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:03 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil temp sensor Paul Conner, Are you trying to thread this into your block somewhere? In that case, = you should know that the threads on the Mazda are not NPT. They are BSPT = (British Standard Pipe Thread). They look similar to NPT and an NPT = sensor will get partly into the hole but will really be misthreaded. It = would be a shame if a whole group of rotary aviation enthusiasts screwed = the wrong thread into their blocks, creating metal shavings or worse = yet, having a sensor that is hanging on by a couple threads as they = crank up the pressure on their engine during takeoff. Your post specifically references an oil temp sensor. I don't have = specific data on oil temp but here's a source that specifically = references the oil pressure bung: = http://hp.autometer.com/techtips/faq_tech_writeups/pressure_and_temp_gaug= es/metric_adapters.html Summit Racing (www.summitracing.com) sells the AutoMeter adapter as = part number ATM 2269 for--gulp--$10.99. Barry Gardner Wheaton, IL sqpilot@earthlink wrote:=20 Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts....I am trying to find out if anyone has located, or is using, an oil temp sensor that is a male pipe plug = thread, ie....1/4 NPT or 3/8 NPT. That would be the simplest installation for = me. Any and all suggestions and/or sources would be much appreciated. I = have run my engine for approximate 10 minute intervals, and the water temp = has been fine, but don't know about oil temp yet, as I need this sensor. = Thanks in advance for all replies. Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000 canard =20 Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html =20 =20 >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01C45DB5.1092DAE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi, Barry.....thanks for the = response. I had=20 the local hydraulic shop fabricate my oil lines going to my oil cooler, = and had=20 a 1/4" NPT "T" installed in the middle of the hose between the oil = cooler=20 and the engine. This is where I wish to install my oil temp probe. = Thanks=20 for the info/suggestions. Paul Conner

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Barry Gardner
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 = 6:03=20 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil = temp=20 sensor

Paul Conner,

Are you trying to thread this into = your=20 block somewhere? In that case, you should know that the threads on the = Mazda=20 are not NPT. They are BSPT (British Standard Pipe Thread). They look = similar=20 to NPT and an NPT sensor will get partly into the hole but will really = be=20 misthreaded. It would be a shame if a whole group of rotary aviation=20 enthusiasts screwed the wrong thread into their blocks, creating metal = shavings or worse yet, having a sensor that is hanging on by a couple = threads=20 as they crank up the pressure on their engine during = takeoff.

Your post=20 specifically references an oil temp sensor. I don't have specific data = on oil=20 temp but here's a source that specifically references the oil pressure = bung:
http://hp.autometer.com/techtips/faq_tec= h_writeups/pressure_and_temp_gauges/metric_adapters.html

Summi= t=20 Racing (www.summitracing.com) sells = the=20 AutoMeter adapter as part number ATM 2269 = for--gulp--$10.99.

Barry=20 Gardner
Wheaton, IL

sqpilot@earthlink wrote:=20
Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts....I am trying to find out if = anyone has located, or is using, an oil temp sensor that is a male pipe plug = thread, ie....1/4 NPT or 3/8 NPT. That would be the simplest installation for = me. Any and all suggestions and/or sources would be much appreciated. I = have run my engine for approximate 10 minute intervals, and the water temp = has been fine, but don't know about oil temp yet, as I need this sensor. = Thanks in advance for all replies. Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000 canard

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