JohnnyRanger54

where the hell is it??? I must be retarded cause I cant see it anywhere.. Anyone know?? TIA..


Mike

oh yeah, 88 runnr 3.0 5spd..

JohnnyRanger54

bumpity

infiltrator

ive been searching on this for a while because my oil guage is broken. its right in front of the oil filter.

toytech76

Yep. Its right by the oil filter and has a black boot over it with 1 wire coming out of it

isaac338

anyone know the thread size?

toytech76

why not put a replacement sender back in?

isaac338

maybe i want a mechanical gauge, or i want to buy a tap to chase the threads, or maybe i'm just overly curious ;D

wcc_71

if the guage dont work dont waist money replacing the sending unit i bought three and none fixed it i just went with a mechanical guage. i could ground the wire that goes to the sending unit and the guage would move but i couldnt get it to work with a sending unit

Jay351

Not to mention, having an actual oil pressure guage is nice. Stupid oem one is barley better then an idiot light... anyone got more info on the swap?

jason191918

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...e-gage-127336/

"Well I finally found out what threads are on my oil pressure sender. The gage has 1/8 BSPT (British standard pipe thread TAPER). In order to hook up a mechanical oil pressure gage, you need a 1/8 BSPT male to 1/8 NPT (national pipe thread) adapter. I ended up getting an Autometer #2269 adapter. I ended up getting a street T in 1/8 NPT. I used the adapter to screw the T into the block. Because the stock sender is slightly smaller than the T, I was able to thread the sender into the T. On the other part of the T I ran the copper line to the gage. Now I have both gages working. Just thought I would let you all know, because apparently nobody else knew.

J"

Any other questions, or pics needed let me know. I searched high and low for about 3 weeks before I got the answers I needed regarding this.







I put the adapter into the block, then the tee into the adapter, then the stock sender into the tee as well as the copper tubing kit for the mechanical gage. I have heard that the copper will harden and crack over time...guess I'll find out...

JohnnyRanger54

Thats exactly what I and 400 other people needed.. thanks for the update holms, its very helpful..

Jay351

Thanks for the info and part #'s Any pictures of your install? Both at the block and guage location? Im thinking of buying one of those 3 pod guage piller adapter. Then running oil pressure, temp, and ?

RobD

Timely, as I just picked up the Autometer half sweep electric gauge. I can't be bothered running any kind of plumbing. But I still have to get the 1/8" adapter and now I have the part number!

Thanks.

infiltrator

thats cool.

my oil guage doesnt work, but im going to see if somehow it got unplugged or anything.

because of my isr mod, it takes some jiggling to get to the oil dipstick.
if not, maybe ill do something like this.

312necro213

Cool now I will have four gauges thanks for the info always wondered how to do this and wasn't about to have the shop drill and tap it for me
Air gauge
Amp Gauge
Temp
Oil pressure

JohnnyRanger54

sticky this thread..lol

jason191918

I'll get pics tomorrow...too dark now...

infiltrator

cool. i wonder why my guage would have stopped working.. hmmm maybe i hit a bump and it disconected...

ill try and get under there next weekend.

jason191918

Well I tried to take some pics tonight...nearly impossible to take pics of the actual adapter/sender/tee/etc. Here is what I got...







Here is where I coiled some tubing to allow for engine vibrations/movement. This also shows where the tubing goes through the firewall.



Here is a crappy pic showing the tubing coming out of the tee. One can see where it is located relative to the oil filter.



Here is pretty much the same crappy pic....sorry.



Any questions, feel free to ask...