tee fittings
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Mountain Pass
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tee fittings
I am installing aftermarket electric water temp & oil pressure gauges on my 1978 F-100, 302. I want to keep the dash gauges working as well.
My question is can the same type of tee fitting be used on both senders - assuming threads are the same? Or does one sender take a different type tee fitting from the other?
Thanks,
CB3
My question is can the same type of tee fitting be used on both senders - assuming threads are the same? Or does one sender take a different type tee fitting from the other?
Thanks,
CB3
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From: Northern California
Not sure what type of engine your working on but it seems to me that many intake manifolds have extra holes plugged where a second water temp sensor might be installed. You probably will have to use a tee fitting for an extra oil pressure sensor though.
Edit: just read you have a 302... Guess it would depend on which manifold you have. Might be worth a look. Some water necks might have this provision as well. And not that hard to drill and tap threads either.
Edit: just read you have a 302... Guess it would depend on which manifold you have. Might be worth a look. Some water necks might have this provision as well. And not that hard to drill and tap threads either.
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Mountain Pass
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tee fittings
Thanks to you two for the replies.
But I finally decided that I would drop the attempt to hook up both dash and aftermarket gauges. I could have probably have easily hooked up the water temp sender with the use of a proper tee, but the oil pressure - NEVER! The original sender was on the end of a "pipe" and wedged in between the power steering pump and the oil filter.
Placing the correct tee in there and adding another of those canister (or bell shape) senders in there would have been a nightmare. I was barely able to get a wrench in there to remove the original and install the aftermarket sender. Having both dash and aftermarket was just not worth the effort.
CB3
But I finally decided that I would drop the attempt to hook up both dash and aftermarket gauges. I could have probably have easily hooked up the water temp sender with the use of a proper tee, but the oil pressure - NEVER! The original sender was on the end of a "pipe" and wedged in between the power steering pump and the oil filter.
Placing the correct tee in there and adding another of those canister (or bell shape) senders in there would have been a nightmare. I was barely able to get a wrench in there to remove the original and install the aftermarket sender. Having both dash and aftermarket was just not worth the effort.
CB3
Cargo Master
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 2,387
Likes: 138
From: Northern California
Thanks to you two for the replies.
But I finally decided that I would drop the attempt to hook up both dash and aftermarket gauges. I could have probably have easily hooked up the water temp sender with the use of a proper tee, but the oil pressure - NEVER! The original sender was on the end of a "pipe" and wedged in between the power steering pump and the oil filter.
Placing the correct tee in there and adding another of those canister (or bell shape) senders in there would have been a nightmare. I was barely able to get a wrench in there to remove the original and install the aftermarket sender. Having both dash and aftermarket was just not worth the effort.
CB3
But I finally decided that I would drop the attempt to hook up both dash and aftermarket gauges. I could have probably have easily hooked up the water temp sender with the use of a proper tee, but the oil pressure - NEVER! The original sender was on the end of a "pipe" and wedged in between the power steering pump and the oil filter.
Placing the correct tee in there and adding another of those canister (or bell shape) senders in there would have been a nightmare. I was barely able to get a wrench in there to remove the original and install the aftermarket sender. Having both dash and aftermarket was just not worth the effort.
CB3
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