Oil Gauge Help

Fox23 · 09-15-2009, 09:24 PM

Hey guys i just bought 3 aftermarket gauges for my 1985 mustang because my oil, temp and volt never worked.

I got my TEMP working but i have no idea how to hook up this oil one..

Its a Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge.

It comes with a plastic hose to hook up from the gauge to the engine...

Where do i hook this plastic hose upto on the engine?

I was thinking it would connect onto the oil sending unit but the oil sending unit is electrical i think? So i dont know where now..

If anyone can tell me how and where to hook this thing up and maybe provide a picture that would be amazing!!

AND What gauge wire do i need for these gauges? 12?

Thanks alot guys.. I know alot of you have these gauages!

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1988TTOP · 09-15-2009, 09:34 PM

take the electrical unit off and replace with the hose

mjr46 · 09-15-2009, 09:35 PM

the tube connects to the back of the gauge and the other end of the tube connects to where the stock oil sender is = remove stoc sender and your kit should of come with small compression fittings and adapters so you can screw it in to where the stock sender was

Fox23 · 09-15-2009, 09:43 PM

Okay thanks alot guys. The sending unit looking kinda like a Bell.. Or is that the housing that the little unit threads into? So i would unthread the little unit and rethread in the one that came with the kit? Then attach the hose into that new threaded unit?

mjr46 · 09-15-2009, 09:56 PM

^^^^^correct

Fox23 · 09-15-2009, 10:15 PM

Okay.. no matter what i do the thread isnt comming out of the bell shaped sending unit thing? i keep turning and it seems loose.. but wont come out? am i doing something wrong? It was a bell shaped case with a connector on the top of it.. i pulled the connector off and started unscrewing but it just keep turning..

Fox23 · 09-15-2009, 11:27 PM

ok never mind lmao. I got it. I didnt know the whole bell shaped thing was the unit sender it self. I figured it out. I just turned the whole thing and it un threaded.

Its such a crappy plastic hose tho.. it got kinked and got me worried a bit but at least it works and reads a oil pressure unlike my broken stock one.. So tomorrow im gonna go and buy a metal hose to replace the plasic one..

How hot should my water temp be running? At idle temp is shows 160 out of 280... is this normal?

302army187 · 09-16-2009, 11:55 AM

use copper tubing for the oil pressure if you want to upgrade.

autometer sells a kit with the copper hose and junk.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ATM-3224/

good luck. ill be installing a electric oil pressure and temp guage soon too.

160 is pretty cold it its had plenty of time to warm up. do you know if it has a thermostat?

FivePointOhh · 09-16-2009, 12:01 PM

depends on what temp your t stat is

Fox23 · 09-16-2009, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 302army187

use copper tubing for the oil pressure if you want to upgrade.

autometer sells a kit with the copper hose and junk.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ATM-3224/

good luck. ill be installing a electric oil pressure and temp guage soon too.

160 is pretty cold it its had plenty of time to warm up. do you know if it has a thermostat?

kk thanks for the link man