<VV> Oil Gallery Tap

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>Wasn't that only on the 1960's? and used for an oil TEMP probe? IIRC!
>
Actually, most Cavecars had both an oil temp sender AND an oil pressure 
sender on the side of the block below the dipstick port.  Both bosses 
survived for a while in those locations, although the senders got moved 
to more friendly environs (oil pressure) and to more critically 
important locations (cyl head).

The later universal replacement blocks retained these bosses as well as 
that for the FC dipstick tube, afaik.

I think the prefered alternate oil temp sender location is on the back 
(toward the rear) of the rear housing (has the oil pump in it) -- some 
reference material should have a better description of that location, I 
don't have time to look for it right now.

Any oil galley can be tapped for oil pressure -- use your bare block to 
locate these possible sights -- remember, the1960 location revealed that 
the senders did not like the heat and leaked rather badly.  Or, be like 
a Fiero and pipe the oil to the sender and discover that the vibration 
will tend to crack the pipe.

Bill Strickland