Rich Goddard

Resolved. Think Auto had sent me the wrong spec adapter first time round. Don't know what thread it was, but it was very close to the correct 1/4" NPT to fit the sender port in the Modine mount.

@John Vine looking at your photos I’ve realised I have a different set-up. My car has a Modine oil cooler (I’ve edited my post above), whereas it looks like yours connects directly into the filter housing plate. Maybe the Modine mount isn’t same thread for the sender port.

Thanks very much for the replies guys. I’ll start with trying to determine whether I’ve been sent the wrong adapter.

With the electric-to-mechanical oil pressure conversion (Duratec) I’m having trouble replacing the electric oil pressure sender into the oil filter / modine mount, with the steel adapter (to take the hose). The thread (I think) is supposed to be 1/4” NPT. The electric sender (Variohm EPT2100 94245002) seems like a perfect fit (it can be hand-tightened up to about 3-4 threads in then smooth/gradual spanner tighten. Whereas the adapter (an MMS 10-3-4, from Think Automotive) cannot be hand tightened in at all, and only embeds about 2 threads in before becoming very tight…so I backed-off with spanner. At the ‘starting thread’ the outside diameter of the electric sender thread is 13.04mm. The adapter starts at 13.29mm diameter. The thread pitches look identical to me, so I’ve concluded it’s just that small increase in diameter making the adapter an uncomfortably tight fit. I’m assuming just 2 threads inserted on the adapter is not enough? Any suggestions very welcome. Anyone else overcome this? Assuming there aren’t different ‘specs’ of 1/4” NPT (?), all I can think of is just trying a different supplier of the adapter at random? Thanks, Rich

I know there’re a few threads on this but picked this one as fairly representative. See my review below posted on Trustpilot after a disappointing experience with the DT kit. Hope it helps someone gather the other parts together if you’re committing to the DT kit.

Chris at Redline Components. sales@redlinecomponents.co.uk

Thank you, every day’s a school day! I live and learn….including not to listen to every word a self proclaimed experienced mechanic tells me.

If you don’t mind me saying Sir, your balls looking a little dry there….looks uncomfortable 😉. Someone once told me to oil my lower balls with no more than 1 or 2 drops every month.

Yes to this. Mounted mine flush in fuse box cover. Looks neat.

#47 Thanks John. Yes, looking to pump-out just to the top of your yellow outlined 'unusable' fuel. Thanks for the pointers on disconnection point, and 12v feed

I'm looking to drain my tank and calibrate the sender/gauge this weekend. On a Duratec set-up (with plenum) can someone please help pin-point the best joint on the fuel line to split, to pump the tank out? Cheers, Rich (SuperSport R, 2015)

Specific to the cockpit, when I was recently replacing my S3 car (imperial) with an S3 (metric) I had cause to ask Arch about the differences. This was specific to pedal positions and cockpit length only. Where my imperial had 3 pedal options/positions, in the metric I was looking there were only 2. At 6' 3" tall I knew I just fitted my legs in an imperial S3 (with Tillett right back, and pedals in forward of the 3 positions), but I wasn't sure about the metric. This is their reply: "The front [brake and clutch pedal] bush appears to be 5/8" further back in the Metric chassis than the forward-most position of the 3 in the imperial. (approx 16mm). The cockpit length (base of chassis) is exactly the same even though the Metric heel-tube is 3/4" and the Imperial 1/2". Just measured both chassis at 43 3/4" (1111mm)"