Adding An Oil Pressure Light
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Drifting
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From: Phoenix, Arizona
Adding An Oil Pressure Light
I want to add an oil pressure light for racing when you can't always look at gauges. I know the oil pressure ssnsor/fuel pressure switch is behind the distributor. Therefore, hard to access & a very tight area for a "T" and another sender for the AutoMeter Light. Question - is the oil temperature sendor location above the oil filter boss a "pressure" source, or only a low pressure tap for monitoring temps? Has anyone taken a pressure reading there? George Krouse, did you try this? Thanks in advance, Paul :flag
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Re: Adding An Oil Pressure Light (NavyVet)
You are right about it beeing tight but there is a simple solution. They sell a flex hose, I think it's Mr gasket, that will make life a lot easier. It is about a 1' long and works great. I used it on my LT1 swap when I had my 84. It comes with a mounting bracket for the oil sending unit that I mounted next to the wiper motor. The only thing that I had to do was run a ground to the sending unit because the hose is rubber. I think it would alow you to install any fittings you need for the light. If you are need one let me know and I will get a P/N for you. Lets just call it pay-back for the time you helped me a while back.
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Drifting
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From: Phoenix, Arizona
Re: Adding An Oil Pressure Light (FD2BLK)
Paul - thanks for the info. I still think I'll try the lower lcoation first - it's really easy versus working around the distributor or pulling ita gain. I like easy! If that doesn't work, I'll check Mr. Gasket. Thanks a lot, Paul :flag
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Re: Adding An Oil Pressure Light (FD2BLK)
You are right about it beeing tight but there is a simple solution. They sell a flex hose, I think it's Mr gasket, that will make life a lot easier. It is about a 1' long and works great. I used it on my LT1 swap when I had my 84. It comes with a mounting bracket for the oil sending unit that I mounted next to the wiper motor. The only thing that I had to do was run a ground to the sending unit because the hose is rubber. I think it would alow you to install any fittings you need for the light. If you are need one let me know and I will get a P/N for you. Lets just call it pay-back for the time you helped me a while back.
:cheers:
:cheers:
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