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| DC13 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 347 | | Location | : | Westbrook , Maine, United States |
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| | Posted : 26 Apr 2012 - 15:27 Post title : Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage | | | I'm having an issue with the billet "L" bit. After a couple of weeks of running it leak free it started weeping out the hole for the allen bolt. Pulled it apart,cleaned and checked everything before reassembly, leak actually got worse. I removed it and put the stock cover back on. I plan to email Joker directly but thought maybe someone who was running one might have some insight.
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| TBRider | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/10/2011 | | Posts | : | 834 | | Location | : | Foothills, The Mountains, United States |
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| | Posted : 26 Apr 2012 - 22:30 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: DC13) | | | It's got to be the little "O" ring on the inside of the allen bolt. Check and see if it's still in place. When you reassemble it with a new o-ring put a little bit of Vaseline on it so the treads don't cut into it.
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| DC13 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 347 | | Location | : | Westbrook , Maine, United States |
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| | Posted : 27 Apr 2012 - 13:25 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: TBRider) | | | O ring looks ok (they always look ok) Ill replace it but I think the problem might have been some burs on the mating surfaces from being threaded. I knocked them down with some emery cloth and will try to reassemble once i get the new ring and bolt.
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| TBRider | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/10/2011 | | Posts | : | 834 | | Location | : | Foothills, The Mountains, United States |
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| | Posted : 27 Apr 2012 - 17:45 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: DC13) | | | I know what your saying but a small slit in the o-ring can cause all sorts of leaking problems. The only way to know or detect it is; stretch the o-ring slightly with a couple of small screw drivers or needle nose pliers. This will show any cuts or small abrasion on the ring.
Hope it solves your problem.
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| Nashville | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 98 | | Location | : | Zuerich, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 30 Apr 2012 - 22:05 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: DC13) | | | Hi
I'm quite interested in this oil pressure gauge, could you post a link or even better -a photo from this device?
Cheers,
Derek
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| TBRider | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/10/2011 | | Posts | : | 834 | | Location | : | Foothills, The Mountains, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 May 2012 - 06:32 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: Nashville) | | | Link
Whole thread on it.
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| | Post edited by TBRider on 01 May 2012 - 06:35 |
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| DC13 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 347 | | Location | : | Westbrook , Maine, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2012 - 14:38 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: TBRider) | | | New O ring and bolt still no joy. This is annoying cuz there isn't a lot to go wrong here. Tried 3 different size O rings just to see, still nothing. I even checked the passages with compressed air to see if they where open with the bolt hole.
I'm feeling kinda stupid here. I'm not a mechanic but I've rebuilt several engines and the fact that this inexplicably leaks is driving me nuts. Back to the stock bolt again.......starting to wonder if I really need to know what my pressure looks like.
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| FTL40 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,122 | | Location | : | massachusetts, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2012 - 18:38 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: DC13) | | | try some teflon tape on the threads
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| DC13 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 347 | | Location | : | Westbrook , Maine, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 May 2012 - 14:27 Post title : Re: Issues with Joker machine oil pressure guage (Re: FTL40) | | | ya know it says " use Teflon tape on all threads" right on the package.
I finally dug thru my package out of the garage trash and looked at it. Sad part is I used some on the gauge. Seemed unnecessary at the time given the O rings and simple enough that apparently I did not read the package.
Ill make another attempt, thanks for the advice.
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