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Re: D.I.Y. Oil Pressure Gauge. Need opinions on 8 ft. hose length. 200 1993

posted by  someone claiming to be Neal Wilcer, formerly Neal on  Wed Oct 17 02:59 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I picked up a mechanical oil pressure gauge from the local auto parts store for about $25. It came with all the fittings and plastic tubing . On the block end, the gauge kit had a male 1/8" pipe thread. Fortunately, I had an old broken idiot light oil pressure sender that I modified by breaking off all of the plastic, drilling out the center, and tapping it to 1/8" pipe thread. I just screwed that into the block, screwed the end of the gauge's oil line into the hole I tapped on the old sender, ran the line through a hole in the firewall and hooked it up.

I've had it in for about 4 months now with no problems. And I didn't prefill the tube. Doesn't seem to spike the gauge.





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