Earls Sandwhich Plate

[luvpsi]

hey guys i got a earls 516erl sandwhich plate. im trying to adapt my oil pressure sender however i have a feeling that it is only for oil cooler adaption. it seems to have a ball and spring type valve in it with a trench type bit for oil to travel through. have i got the wrong adaptor or will this work for a oil pressure sender

[SargeRX8]

That is a thermostat and as you said, for an oil filter. Does it not have any other ports? They are made of aluminum, take it to your nearest pirtek and have them tap a port on it. Very easy job and you've got a thermostat oil sandwich plate if you decide to get a cooler. Just make sure there plugged up so you dont squirt oil.

[luvpsi]

ok because yeah it has 2 ports one with a arrow to show whichway the flow. and the other which is obvisouly return. however it is not like the sender adaptors where the whole thing is hollow it is just solid with these 2 ports and a ball bearing type thing(thermostat)

so what you are saying is get a port drilled and tapped into the side of it for a sender

[luvpsi]

this is the one i got

[KiwiRS4T]

That's just a sandwich plate (no thermostat) for fitting an oil cooler. You could plug it and drill and tap for a sender unit. What's wrong with your stock location?

[SargeRX8]

That's just a sandwich plate (no thermostat) for fitting an oil cooler. You could plug it and drill and tap for a sender unit. What's wrong with your stock location?

Why would a regular sandwich plate have a spring and ball with oil path?

[luvpsi]

yeah thats what i was thinking why would it have a oil path and ball and spring stock location is to hard to get to to fit a aftermarket oil pressure guage. reason im doing this is because its in a vl and i need a oil pressure guage

[bubba]

There is heaps of room at the stock location, I used a T to run the stock sender and an aftermarket sender.

[luvpsi]

just a pain to get to it thats all plus i want to run a temp sender also soon

[KiwiRS4T]

Why would a regular sandwich plate have a spring and ball with oil path?

For non return to keep the line to the oil cooler full of oil when the engine is turned off.

Sandwich plate as per your part number:

http://www.holley.com/516ERL.asp

Sandwich plate with thermostat (note different part numbers):

http://www.holley.com/503ERL.asp

[luvpsi]

all good i took it back got a refund and bought a guage adaptor plate from juran racing

[SargeRX8]

all good i took it back got a refund and bought a guage adaptor plate from juran racing

How can you understand anything on that site lol

[luvpsi]

i couldnt but my mate could haha