That's a new one on me. I have seen on-line dealers advertise them as metric but indeed are SAE tapered. It is real close to the same thread, but not close enough for me. The sender should seal with a copper crush ring instead of an interferance fit at the threads. Ken
----- Original Message ----- From: "pickle vanagon" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [VANAGON] VDO oil sender with untapered threads?
>I would have thought so too, but I checked that it is indeed sold as M10 > threads. The designation is M10x1k, and from what I've gathered the 1k > stands for "keg" which is apparently a german tapered thread designation. > (The "keg" style threads are referenced here, under the Metric section: > http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thread-standards-d_776.html) > > After searching around some, I'm getting the impression that all the VDO > M10 threads are actually M10x1k tapered threads... > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote: > >> Wes, >> Most likely NOT metric threads if it's tapered. >> Ken >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "pickle vanagon" < >> greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:52 PM >> Subject: [VANAGON] VDO oil sender with untapered threads? >> >> >> >> I ordered an M10 threaded VDO oil sender, and was a little disappointed >> to >>> find that it has *tapered* M10 threads, unlike the VW sender which uses >>> standard threads and a sealing washer. Does anybody now if the VDO >>> sender >>> comes in a version with standard M10 threads and a sealing washer, >>> instead >>> of tapered threads? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Wes >>> >>> >> >> > |
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