Stripped thread follow up. GREAT NEWS.. Pics inside

[78Suburban]

well yall. I am having a good day.. This is a miracle.. appearantly I was tightening with the wrench on the compression nut that holds the compression cone onto the adapter.. the threads between the brass adapters were what I stripped NOT THE BLOCK .. So that will be the hole I use for my oil gauge.. Now I need to know where to find an adapter, compression nut, and compression cone (the old one is jammed in the compression nut) for my nylon line..

long story short.. I need to find new fittings. reset my timing. and I will be back on my way.

Thanks for all the support yall have given me

 

[sweetk30]

napa or carquest might just have or big truck shops.

 

[89GMCSuburban]

Got to a semi dealer. Freightliner, for example. We have crap loads of those.

 

[steve_kibbe]

I'll look, I might have one for ya. I'll let ya know if I find it.

 

[78Suburban]

that would be awsome if you had one steve. I would mail you some money or an mud bog video I made the other day.

 

[78Suburban]

here are the actual threads that stripped out.. You can see them laying by the fitting

 

[Russell]

Home depot has the fitting you need

 

[79k20350]

any good hardware store should have em' i know the one i worked at did, but that was a real hardware store, not a home depot/lowes crap store. they prolly carry it but good luck finding it. a true value/ ace should have it

 

[txfiremank5]

Glad it turned out good for you.

 

[josh86k10]

Advanced Auto parts has a tube/ fitting kit for a couple of bucks in the section with the Sunpro oil pressure guages. I would assume all auto parts stores have a similar kit. I've bought a couple of 'em over the years.

 

[jarheadk5]

The Lowe's I work at has compression fittings; I just helped a fine young lady out with some last night. Your local Lowe's should have 'em, too.

***OK, that sounds WAY too much like an advertisement... get 'em wherever you want! ***

 

[steve_kibbe]

sorry, I cna't find it, I know I have one, just can't find it. Sorry

 

[78Suburban]

Problem Solved

tis no worry... for 10 bucks I found the solution, and I imagine that its better than nylon line anyway..

 

[78Suburban]

well, I got the copper line installed and all is well, maybe a little undertightened, but I sure ain't gonna strip it again.
next time there is daylight I will tackle the learning experience of setting my timing (and I don't even have a timing light)

 

[Mammoth2]

almost had a nightmare there......