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Dec 15, 2012 | 08:37 AM

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help installing my glowshifts

i can't find a 1/8" spot on my engine for oil pressure. And yes i have searched the forum but i havnt found any pictures yet. Please help, it is very much appreciated

Dec 15, 2012 | 08:51 AM

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i can't find a 1/8" spot on my engine for oil pressure. And yes i have searched the forum but i havnt found any pictures yet. Please help, it is very much appreciated

Is the truck turbo?

Dec 15, 2012 | 09:00 AM

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Non turbo 7.3

Dec 15, 2012 | 09:10 AM

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Also i guess i need an adapter for my coolant temp as well?

Dec 15, 2012 | 09:13 AM

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Factory oil sender is 1/4,, but where it threads into the block is 1/8. There is also one one the drivers side of the bell kinda that is 1/8 also from the mains.
Your coolant sender didnt come with reducers?

Dec 15, 2012 | 09:17 AM

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Non turbo 7.3

Back of the engine should be your stock oil sending unit. Take it off and add a T. Then you can put both in and get a good reading.

Dec 15, 2012 | 09:19 AM

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Is there any other spot for oil pressure?

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Dec 15, 2012 | 09:21 AM

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Is there any other spot for oil pressure?

I've been wrong before but I believe there are spots on the side of the block

Dec 15, 2012 | 09:45 AM

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There is also one one the drivers side of the bell kinda that is 1/8 from the mains.

like i said

Dec 15, 2012 | 10:18 AM

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i can't find a 1/8" spot on my engine for oil pressure. And yes i have searched the forum but i havnt found any pictures yet. Please help, it is very much appreciated

You must not have done a good job searching...

For the oil, look near the oil cooler in the rear of the engine, there are small square plugs. There are pictures of this area if you search.

For the coolant, you have a couple options. Pictures have been posted in 2 threads about this, both in recent weeks, like last week and the week before.

Dec 15, 2012 | 01:47 PM

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here is one of where i installed my oil pressure line... square plug under oil cooler beside oil filter housing

and like hairy said driverside back of the block by the turn down of the exhaust mani.

Dec 15, 2012 | 03:05 PM

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Or where the adapter that comes up in the back by the factory psi guage is, you could just use a 1/4 by x1/8 bushing. Sounds like you have to get one for your temp guage anyway. Any hardware store should have. Galv is fine, brass is better.