Cheers Dave, there is indeed an Olive shaped brass nubbin at the end, the pipe seems to be cracked just before this.
Do you suppose this would be a standard ford part (its a cvh!)
Typical on a saturday afternoon!!
Ford is not that crazy.
The whole oiler system is made of Morgan parts. However, if the olive
is ok, you can cut the oil line before the break, slip back on the female union and the olive and
re-tighten.
But now that you have proof of how risky the system is, why would you repair it? The next break
can happen at the foot valve or worse, at the kingpin. Motor oil at engine speed sprays
everything in the bay around it at high pressure until the engine seizes or you can stop safely,
which assumes your brakes are not covered.
The only problem is the junction at the bulkhead. If it feeds the oil pressure gauge, you will have
to buy plugs for those lines (at a local plumbing or heating company).
Good luck.
