<![CDATA[busted a oil pressure fitting, now what?]]>I was putting a new motor back in my truck last night, chevy 350 TBI. While connecting the harness up I found I had the wrong oil presure sender in the new motor, while trying to get the old sender out, I busted the brass 90 degree fitting uff flush with the block. Thinking no big deal of it, I tried to use a easy out on it and proceeded to bust that off flush with the block too. Now I got to extract that mess somehow but haven't the foggiest idea how. Anyone got any ideas? I got to get it out. And I am not too happy with pulling the new motor as it took 4 hours to get it back in and I was literally 20 minutes from starting it until this happened.

Mike

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/14960/busted-a-oil-pressure-fitting-now-whatRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 20:14:03 GMTThu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:50:31 GMT]]>hell yea good to hear

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/222082https://fargostreet.com/post/222082Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:48:02 GMT]]>I got it last night, I tried welding to the ez out and would not hold, must not have been enough material to weld to. I didn't want to do any drilling and risk metal shavings in the oil passages.

What I ended up doing was using a punch and pounding the ez-out through the fitting till it fell in the block. Then I torched the fitting with the intake off and used another bigger ez-out and backed it out really nice.

Getting the chunk of the old ez-out out was interesting though. I ended up modifying one of those telescoping magnets to fit through the oil sender hold and got the piece out.

I was a happy guy last night, as I got the truck running and my $150 TBI 350 I baught is one hell of a nice motor, looked brand new in the lifter valley.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/222080https://fargostreet.com/post/222080Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:21:31 GMT]]>The nut may or may not work. It is harder to get tip down in there for good penetration and without melting the surrounding area. I always use washers, fill them in completely then stacked another one etc. until built up enough for the vise-grips.

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SPANISH-RICE;233389 wrote:
ya i bet

wow ok

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221943https://fargostreet.com/post/221943Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:01:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:57:28 GMT]]>ya i bet

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221931https://fargostreet.com/post/221931Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:57:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:56:46 GMT]]>shut it haha i will still help

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221929https://fargostreet.com/post/221929Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:56:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:56:11 GMT]]>wont need it 😄

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SPANISH-RICE;233371 wrote:
the obvious choice

next time u break something i wont give u any imput ha

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221925https://fargostreet.com/post/221925Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:47:44 GMT]]>

gsrEK;233369 wrote:
weld a nut on and spin er out

the obvious choice

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221913https://fargostreet.com/post/221913Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:47:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:41:21 GMT]]>weld a nut on and spin er out

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221911https://fargostreet.com/post/221911Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:41:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:31:30 GMT]]>thats a good idea^

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221901https://fargostreet.com/post/221901Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:31:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:05:07 GMT]]>Get some washers with the hole a little smaller than the brass fitting . Stack them one at a time and try to weld them to the easy out. Build them up high enough until you can get a vise-grip on them.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221889https://fargostreet.com/post/221889Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:05:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:42:25 GMT]]>a drill bit would suck...

easiest/best would be weld on the easy-out then use a vice grips to back it out.... more than likely will bring the broken fitting with it......just be careful where you are grounding

just make a little nub on the easy-out you can get ahold of with the vice grip....... works 1000x's better and faster then reverse drill bits for broken off bolts i know that

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221826https://fargostreet.com/post/221826Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:54:44 GMT]]>p.s. nice to see ya here elvis haha

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221813https://fargostreet.com/post/221813Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:54:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:54:20 GMT]]>damn you broke an easy out in it? thast gonna be some difficult shit to drill through

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/221812https://fargostreet.com/post/221812Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:54:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to busted a oil pressure fitting, now what? on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:42:12 GMT]]>reverse drill bit style ez out?

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