<VV> oil pressure sender installation

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/20/2006 9:55:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
jwcorvair at aol.com writes:

So what  are people's thought on installing an oil pressure gauge sender?  
The  
adapt-a-bolt seems nice and neat but is a little pricey (~$21) and might  get 
in 
the way during oil filter changes.  Running a line seem like  the way I may 
go 
but you've got to get the right fittings and I've heard  of lines breaking 
due to 
shaking.  There's also drilling and tapping  a hole somewhere else but I want 
to 
avoid making permanent changes to my  car. I can't just screw the thing into 
where the switch is because it just  won't fit!  Dadgum packaging efficiency. 

Thoughts?  Please  share with the group, and remember, we're all friends  
here.

mike



MIke, I would replace the stock pressure warning sender with a higher  
pressure switch. Then use the adaptabolt - if you are not using the 90 degree  
adapter - with a straight AN fitting on the top. Have a short, say 12-18", steel  
braided hose made, with a 90 degree adapter on one end and a straight 1/8 NPT  
Female end on the other. Mount the 90 degree adapter on the adaptabolt 
fitting,  then route the hose forward and turn left just past the alternator - under 
the  belt - and off to the left. mount the pressure gauge sender to the end of 
the  hose. Attach the sender down to the sheet metal (avoid the throttle 
linkage) and  you are done. It is the hard lines that are subject to vibration 
failure, not  hoses. - Seth Emerson