Help with finding oilo fitting

52FordF3

52FordF3

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Finally was getting to fire up the 52 Ford 239 8BA and noticed a good amount of oil coming from the inlet side of the oil filter canister. Upon further inspection the brass fitting was cracked. Anyone know where I can get one of these. The side that the line from the block connects to looks to be a standard flare fitting. The side the connects to the oil canister is not flare and looks like the hole is small. Maybe to meter the oil flow? I searched with no luck on the forum and google. Any help is appreciated. - Jeff
 
You can buy the restrictor fitting but not positive about the thread size on them, might require an adapter. The restrictor size should be .060

The Eaton/Weatherhead catalog still shows a similar replacement part available under catalog number 1215. The 1951-1953 Ford engines and the 1949-1953 Mercury engines incorporated the restrictor into a “T” fitting that also mounted the oil pressure sending unit. The part numbers are 8CM-6073 for the Mercury and 1BA-6073 for the Ford ."

http://cheapturbo.com/store/image/cache/data/oil022-01-500x500.jpg

Oil inlet restrictor for T series 1/8" NPT. Oil inlet restrictor for all T3, T3/T4, T04, T72 etc. turbos (also larger ball bearing turbos such as GT4088R, GT4094R, GT4294R, GT4202R). Restrictor diameter of .065 hole size. Installed at the oil inlet on turbo to reduce max oil pressure going into the turbo to prevent oil leakage into end housings due to excessive pressure. Input is 1/8" NPT male and output is 1/8 NPT female.

Another approach is to fill a normal fitting and then drill with a #53 or 1/16 drill bit.
 
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Thanks that helps a lot. Including restrictor in my searches produced more results. Just have to put together the right combination of parts.
 
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