GT40 Oil Drain Hose Question

not yet but i ordered this. i'm hoping it will connect to the tube on the pump.

fitting

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'Twas 1/4" NPT.

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Mine is 1/4 NPT.
But its a Chebbie

Bri892001 wrote: Ahhh, that makes sense and is a great idea. Sure beats waiting all afternoon for the oil to make it's way out. Volvo Penta apparently threads the top of their dipstick tubes for a similar reason:

hey - they stole my idea!!!!!

fair nuff. i'll have to measure when i next get down. i'm jealous of you guys who have 24 access to your boats (and other member's girlfriends).

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I deny any involvement in the servicing of other members' girlfriends.

My boat came to me with that brass cap pretty well bunged up already. It looks like someone had used a vice grip or some such on it. Or, it may have been over-tightened and someone fought with it on removal. Either way, I use the flare nut wrench on it now to get a good grip on what's left and to avoid further damage.

2001SAN wrote: ha ha! just in case there's any confusion, i mean the end the oil comes out, not the end at the oil pan. i wanted to add a female fitting to my oil drain pump so i could screw it onto the drain hose when draining oil. does this make sense?

Ahhh, that makes sense and is a great idea. Sure beats waiting all afternoon for the oil to make it's way out.

Volvo Penta apparently threads the top of their dipstick tubes for a similar reason:

TRBenj wrote: Brian, are you the guy at the dealership who installs the oil drain plug on my gf's vehicle with an impact wrench?

Goodness sakes, you want to know a way to see wrenches start bouncing off of the walls where I am quickly? Install a drain plug or a oil filter so tight that I can't get them off. That is probably my number 1 pet peeve, grossly over tightening fasteners.

Hand tight on oil filters and never use more than moderate pressure with a short(normal size) 3/8 ratchet or normal wrench on a drain plug. I can't count how many I have rounded off using proper tools. Drain plug bolts aren't made out of strong enough material to torque that tight. Run them through some heat cycles and bam you have a drain plug that won't come out.

The oil filter sets so close to the headers on my 67 that if you put it on as tight as you can with your hands you will be hard pressed to get it off via conventional means.

I think we're all assuming that by "end", he means the end the oil comes out of, not the oil pan side.

BTW, if you need a flare wrench to get the drain plug off the end of the hose, youre putting it on way too tight! Brian, are you the guy at the dealership who installs the oil drain plug on my gf's vehicle with an impact wrench?

OK, I stand corrected. They obviously aren't standard.
Damn, just use two cresent wrenches.

Geez, I think that should be pretty much standard.
I know that my fitting is 3/4" for the nut and 9/16" for the hex fitting on the hose. I can only assume yours would be the same but certainly not positive.
You'll obviously have to convert to metric over the big pond.