Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge Install

[gts4]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone help me??

I just brought a autometer oil pressure gauge and dont know

where to connect it too.

Any help will be much appreciated

Thanx,

Dan

[gts4]

Anyone?

[Jay95R33]

I'd be interested to know too.

J

[gts4]

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[Zensoku]

You use a T piece. I can't remember what thread it was. (maybe 1/8" NPT?) But you connect the "T" piece where the original oil pressure switch was, and you connect BOTH the OE oil pressure switch and the gauge sender to the remaining threads on the T piece. Try Pirtek or Enzed for the fittings. (i used an additional right angle bend) and i ordered a T piece made by VDO.

Hope that helps. And forget about fitting an oil temp gauge, as i'm still searching for the correct adaptor...

[Zensoku]

oh, ignore what i said about the gauge sender. i just realised you have a mechanical gauge. same principle though, except you have the fun of running the tubing through the firewall without kinking it!

[Pva_Glue]

all I know with machanical guages...

you can not install them inside the cabin, due to danger issues...

most of muscle cars have them on the out side the cabin on top of bonnet just outside of the driver side.

[Jay95R33]

Originally posted by Zensoku

And forget about fitting an oil temp gauge, as i'm still searching for the correct adaptor...

I've got an oil temp gauge in mine (mechanical).

It was hard trying to find the right adaptor

What I did was I got a brass fitting from VDO that replaces the sump plug, then the temp probe fit's inside the brass fitting.

Now the tricky thing was that VDO don't make the correct thread size, so I bought the one that was a little bigger than the stock sump plug (I actually think it came with the gauge) and took it to a mechine show and they cut it down and put the correct thread on the fitting.

It worked like a dream. Make sure you get a gauge that has a long enough capilory (the 1.6 metre VDO isn't long enough ).

J