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Looking for an oil pipe for a B

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Jedi Warrior
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Greetings All,
I am looking for an oil pipe for my B'. It is the pipe (not hose) that runs from the back of the block to the oil filter adapter.

If anyone has one laying around (along with the banjo bolt) I would be interested in it.

Just to clarify, the picture shows what I am looking for. It is item 30, 33, and 34.

Just to let everyone know, I spoke with Tony about posting this, as there is no trader section. I apologize if anyone is offended. :smile:
 

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& I already looked - I don't have any....
 
Does Moss or VB not sell them anymore? I bet any hydraulic hose making place could make you one if you got the measurements. A flexible one might be better anyway. The steel one on mine is quite rusty on the outside.
 
No, Kenny, nobody sells the hard lines like what he wants...I've got hoses & can get new hoses but he's looking for the elusive hardlines.
 
Made from "Unobtanium" huh?
 
It would seem that they either are made of gold, or disintegrate after a few years. I was watching one on ebay when I really didn't want one, and didn't want to spend $25 on it. Now I find that even Tony does not have one, so they must no longer exist.

I have a short hose that I used to get oil pressure in my current engine (saving the oil cooler in case of engine destruction), so if I can't find one, I will just use the hose.

Luckily I have a friend at my local hose shop. He usually cuts me a good deal on hoses, but they are not too much into hard lines.
 
IIRC the Marina engines used 'em, the B bypass was the hose with fittings. I don't recall seeing steel bypass on any B.

...but I'n ~old~ now... :smirk:
 
Doc, I've got a couple of MGB engines with them - the ones without oil coolers.
 
mine is steel, and looks horrible too.
 
Gday ebay #300225535012 listed as mga oilfilter set up ends in one hour. BJ
 
tony barnhill said:
Doc, I've got a couple of MGB engines with them - the ones without oil coolers.
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The 18V and later is my guess. 18GA-GB were the ones I recall seeing a hose as the by-pass.
 
My 79 didn't have an oil cooler and it had that line on the engine. To be perfectly honest, I see no reason to have a oil cooler on a regular driver. Race cars are another story. How many American cars had/have them? Not many.
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But, in the same breath, since the line is so difficult to get, it might be cheaper to buy a used cooler setup and go that way, or new if preferred.
 
I know of a few older American cars that do have oil coolers, and if you look, most new trucks and some of the sporty cars have them as well.

I know my car is not a racer, but in Fl, any extra cooling that you can get is appreciated.

My 65 came with an oil cooler, and it still and always will have one. I am looking for the pipe to help button up my spare engine, just so it looks complete. Also, I could probably run it up on it's stand if I was so inclined.
 
PAUL161 said:
My 79 didn't have an oil cooler and it had that line on the engine. To be perfectly honest, I see no reason to have a oil cooler on a regular driver.
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Paul, if that were true, do you think the factory would have spent the extra money?

The reason they fit them in the early 60s was that they experienced high warranty claims on the US market cars - they were run for hours on highways, often in climates unheard of in the UK. They responded with an added cooler.

Does a US market RBB need a cooler? Probably not - the poor strangled beast doesn't make enough power to allow high speed cruising and overheating, at least not to the same degree as the original cars. Note that the UK twin carb RBB versions retained the cooler.....
 
Bill said:
Does a US market RBB need a cooler? Probably not - the poor strangled beast doesn't make enough power to allow high speed cruising and overheating, at least not to the same degree as the original cars. Note that the UK twin carb RBB versions retained the cooler.....
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Well spake, sir! The early cars actually approached 100 HP, the RB ones were anemic by comparison. An oil cooler is just one more way to dissipate heat. And a GOOD one!

There are two sizes of coolers, too. IF anyone bothers to retrofit one, get the taller of the two.
 
I can't imagine not having an oil cooler in my A, Bs or C. With temperatures that sometimes reach nearly 120-degrees, everything helps. A thermostatic valve in the cooler line alleviates any possible negative aspect of having the cooler there. In other words, I can't see any reason to NOT have an oil cooler in any car which is driven in a hot climate.
 
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