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rod396

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Oil sender line for console gauge
« on: August 30, 2017, 08:17:19 PM »
In 68, with the console gauge package, was the line originally copper or plastic?
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bertfam

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Re: Oil sender line for console gauge
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2017, 09:58:14 PM »
Neither. It was nylon.

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Re: Oil sender line for console gauge
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2017, 08:24:47 PM »
Thanks Ed.

Mike S

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Re: Oil sender line for console gauge
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2017, 09:02:47 PM »
And black nylon too, I believe for 68 (67 was clear).

Mike
67 04B LOS SS/RS L35 Hardtop - Original w/UOIT
67 05B NOR SS/RS L35 Convertible - Restored

Petes L48

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Re: Oil sender line for console gauge
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2017, 11:01:31 PM »
Not the original owner, but my 11B LOS has black nylon that I would be surprised if not original.  Bought it unrestored back in the mid 1980s. 

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Re: Oil sender line for console gauge
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2017, 11:35:58 PM »
Not the original owner, but my 11B LOS has black nylon that I would be surprised if not original.  Bought it unrestored back in the mid 1980s. 
Pete, it's a '67? My 05B NOR is clear (I should say "was" before I changed it due to cracking but replaced it with clear again) and I have an earlier 67 NOR line that used the brass firewall mounted bulkhead still with the clear line attached. Hmmm...maybe LOS used a different supplier (that's if your car is a 67).

Mike
67 04B LOS SS/RS L35 Hardtop - Original w/UOIT
67 05B NOR SS/RS L35 Convertible - Restored