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Old 06-27-2004, 01:43 AM
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I used a small bottle jack (Craftsman 2 ton, I think) and removed the top nut (really torqued on there!!!).

Take apart the cylinder of the jack and remove the center rod and seals (like on a master cylinder).

There is an inner cylinder, that the center rod was in, that is the pressure chamber of the jack and there is a small hole near the top of this inner cylinder. Seal that little hole (weld it or I just used JB Weld).

Drill or grind out the hole in the top nut where the center rod passed thru and tap it for a bushing (mine was 3/4 NPT, I believe).

From there it's a matter of some plumbing fittings and an old injector line. The metric adapter to mate up with the other copper fittings and to the injector line was difficult to find; I can't remember if I had to do a little "thread adjustment" with die and tap to go from pipe thread to metric. It takes a little finagling, but, if I can do it, you can, for sure. FWIW


Edit: I think this is where I found the metric/NPT adapter (at least it was in my "Favorites" folder for something):http://www.fittingsandadapters.com/metric.html
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