oil pressure guage install
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oil pressure guage install
I'm going to install a mechanical oil pressure guage one of these days and need to know what to get to install it. It's a ¼" pipe thread into the block, correct? It looks like I'll have to do some plumbing to get a tee in there; not as much room on the 302 as on the I6 
. Also, is there a socket that will fit the oil pressure switch? That would make that part of the job much easier.
I also may sometime try the mod to make the stock guage a "real" guage. Has anyone done this?
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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job
. Also, is there a socket that will fit the oil pressure switch? That would make that part of the job much easier. I also may sometime try the mod to make the stock guage a "real" guage. Has anyone done this?
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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job
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oil pressure guage install
I did the "Real gauge" mod on my '93. It was real easy. I just changed out the sender and jumpered out the resistor on the back of the cluster. The sender I used was a GP Sorensen OPS71 from Advance Auto Parts. It was about $6
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oil pressure guage install
I used a 4" extension pipe and a tee to install my pressure guage. That way, I still have both guages operational.
HTH
BTW, to get the sending unit off, I just used a pair of slip joint pliers.
Roger Lane
HTH
BTW, to get the sending unit off, I just used a pair of slip joint pliers.
Roger Lane
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oil pressure guage install
>I used a 4" extension pipe and a tee to install my pressure
>guage. That way, I still have both guages operational.
>
>HTH
>
>BTW, to get the sending unit off, I just used a pair of slip
>joint pliers.
>
>Roger Lane
Is yours a V8? I had the switch off once, but it was a real PITA to get to. Is the pipe size 1/4"?
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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job
>guage. That way, I still have both guages operational.
>
>HTH
>
>BTW, to get the sending unit off, I just used a pair of slip
>joint pliers.
>
>Roger Lane
Is yours a V8? I had the switch off once, but it was a real PITA to get to. Is the pipe size 1/4"?
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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job
