Firewall oil line hole

[169indy]

Originally Posted by Mr.Nickey Nova

Mine too is a June car!! You would think all plants followed the manual, that's what they were printed for?? Make sure you install a grommet and paint the line flat black, for the factory used black oil lines.

My Original OIL line is clear. (1968) [It WILL NOT be used. Must make a concession to safety over orig] I will be drilling a new hole & using a grommet- to restore to orig designed configuration as oppose to built conditions. In this case I have pictures of the as built but will choose to restore via normative practice, as in HOW it should be.

I think they switched to black in 1969.
Ref)
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.p...2984#msg142984


I could be incorrect. Maybe I should explore the copper option to be safest?

Jim

[HawkX66]

Originally Posted by ALLZS

Is this the correct location for a 69 camaro 4 speed car oil gauge line I was told it should be under the speedo cable ?

The U17 oil hole is up and to the left slightly of the Muncie speedo cable hole. Here's a couple pics of original U17 oil line piercings. Unfortunately copper is not safest because of the vibrations between the body and motor. I was thinking about going that route and was talked out of it. Original style plastic line works well when installed correctly. Copper was only used on the big blocks to go from the filter location up to above the exhaust manifold. Plastic went from there to the console oil gauge. Small blocks went directly off the top of the block.
I have a bad connection right now, so Flickr isn't loading like it should. I have a few more pics if you want them that I can post later.








This is where the big block transitions from copper to plastic.



Last, but not least... Location #3.