Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:27:40 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: Oil pressure summary
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David and group: Most any hydraulic hose shop will be glad to make this
hose for you. I believe I had them put a 1/8" npt male fitting on the end
going into the T and a 1/8" npt female fitting on the end going to the VDO
sender(sunpro may have the same male end on its sender?). I chose the best
hose I could get in a #4 size ie the stainless steel braided hose with the
teflon liner. I think I paid about $15 for it custom made to a 14"
length. That was plenty of hose to get the sender mounted on the top of
the engine block. If your sender is bigger, it wouldn't hurt to have the
hose a few inches longer. tape measure will sole that isssue. The rubber
VDO accessory hose kit for that application costs more than the custom
hose. Company here in Little Rock called Triplex made the hose, but you
certainly can find a shop closer to home than that. Notching the pushrod
shroud so the hose can go up was a minor sacrifice and the T was very
short. After the initial system of about 4 or 5 angle pieces and nipplesto
get the VDO unit to stay under the head, I chose this system and have never
looked back!!
Max
At 01:33 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, David Brodbeck wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Max Wellhouse wrote:
>
> > I may be way out in left field here, but I specifically used a single
> > terminal sender for my VDO OP gauge. My thinking was to use the factory
> > pressure gauge and "T" off the under the pushrod switch location and run a
> > custom made hose up to the top of the engine block for the VDO
> > sender.
>
>Where did/will you get the hose made? I'm considering this for my diesel.
>My oil pressure gauge's sender is quite heavy and I'm afraid the vibration
>will snap it off if I just let it hang off a tee fitting. (I'm using a
>Sunpro gauge so the double sender wasn't an option.) I'd like to put in
>the tee with the (relatively light) stock sender, then run the hose either
>to the firewall or a convenient spot on the engine and mount the gauge
>sender there.
>
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