yeah those who think torque wrenches are the answer to everything really arent that experienced and just feel it is the cool thing to say.

a lot of things are done with experience and feel and banjo bolts are one of them . tighten slowly and once you feel the crush washers give a little , stop.

a lot of times i will use very short wrenches , or sockets with extensions and no handle. and just grab the extension. sometimes you have to invent your own engineering controls.

at a hundred dollar mistake ur still well ahead of the game. mechs cost more.

Me, take it personally? What gives you that idea?

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Someone I admire once told me after I really f-ed something up. He said, "Well you learned from that and I bet you'll never do it again."

There is a simple elegance in that sentiment.

This

Sure, the OP spent $100 on stuff he broke, but the lessons learned are of much greater value.

Those oils sender nuts are a PAIN... BTDT... It was only later I noticed you can just pull the connector off the spade to remove the wire...
My new one works well. :)
(Where do you guys think my sig line came from anyways?)

Daddy Glen,
Like most of us who love these cars but don't earn a living work on them......"we feel your pain".

I credit your honesty versus some people in here (thankfully a minority) who come across like experts who've never screwed up a project.

I love reading posts when guys say "don't forget to..... Or..... Remember not to..... Then add ASK ME HOW I KNOW!!

That's what makes the PP FORUM second to none..... Sharing great information and unfortunately the mistakes...which helps others from repeating them!

JTT

I think we've all over torqued at one time or another, if you know what I mean :)

I feel the OP's pain. I just finished the same job a month or so ago. I don't believe there's a torque spec for that particular job in my Bentley, and even if there is one, I had so little room to work with that there is no physical way I could have used a torque wrench.

Additionally, those parts down there are pretty darn soft and fragile. +1 with theiceman here, best bet is to gently snug and test for leaks....and if necessary, snug a little more.

When those parts come in, you'll feel like an old pro when it comes to installing. Good luck, and disregard the coarse comments.

Time to recalibrate the torque wrench! :)

-Wayne

Yup. No torque wrench necessary. As soon as you can feel the crush washer crush, you are done.

That sucks. Its always rewarding when you do your own work but when you hit snags like this it sucks. Good luck and don't give up.

Just to close out this issue.... Tom Butler hooked me up with a used sender at a reasonable price and our host provide the seals and the hollow bolt. All total, it was about a $60 day. This time I went finger tight then put the wrench on to just snug the bolt.

and I'm back on track....

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Biorythms!

I guess $60 isn't too bad for a "learn the hard way" kind of lesson on a Porsche.

My sander did about $2000 in damage to my paint today... but it was intentional :)

You can have an opportunity for more mayhem by following this thread:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/625848-oil-pressure-sedning-unit-generic-replacement.html

It actually did work for me - no issues so far. I don't think the gauges are $30 anymore though.
Do not buy a URO sender - I bought one off fleabay (that was not identified as one), decided to try it anyway, and it went flaky in short order.

Ohhhhh. so that's where those wheels go their name !