Oil Pressure gauge hookup and mounting

Afordman31

Afordman31

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My Rex-A-Co oil gauge when mounted doesn't have any clearance behind the gauge and the wire tunnel under the gas tank.
Probably I can cut a hole in the tunnel to hide the oil line and install it to the back of the gauge.
The gauge is straight up an down with the instrument panel, I don't think it should be bent out, if so it would probably be angled at 45 degrees.
Has any one seen this and have a remedy? I was going to use this on a speedster I am assembling. Thanks Afordman31
 

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I run an oil gauge and it can be very beneficial if, you understand the limitations. The gauge will not show much more than a couple of pounds pressure at operating temp but, it should show something. Mine recently began to not show any pressure after the car sat for the winter. I thought the oil pump had failed and I wanted to install a Stipe cam so, I pulled the engine. I found that the gas shut off had leaked and the gas had migrated into the pan VIA the pistons and rings. The oil was probably 50/50 or more gas and so thin it ran out like water. It was so full of gas it would explode with a match just like gas. This won't happen to every engine but it is a good indicator that, something is wrong when the gauge won't show SOME pressure.

As for your problem, you can get a 90 degree elbow for the back of the gauge at your local auto parts.
 
Afordman31 said:
My Rex-A-Co oil gauge when mounted doesn't have any clearance behind the gauge and the wire tunnel under the gas tank.
Probably I can cut a hole in the tunnel to hide the oil line and install it to the back of the gauge.
The gauge is straight up an down with the instrument panel, I don't think it should be bent out, if so it would probably be angled at 45 degrees.
Has any one seen this and have a remedy? I was going to use this on a speedster I am assembling. Thanks Afordman31
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There must be a better way than cutting a hole tunnel. That would be for ever. Can you use a 90 degree fitting or bend the bracket a little.
 
I like the Oil pressure gauge as a reference. I did the dual with a water temp and it worked out nicely. I routed the lines out the junction area.
 

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I have the same guage.They bored a hole in the tunnel and ran the line through it.I'd bet it was meant to do that for a reason.If you think it through do you think the designers wanted to have an oil line dangling out in the breeze for things to get tangled up in?Or,for kids to pull on? I think they wanted to keep the line protected,function before form,practical before pretty.My car it was on was parked in 1954,so it was installed sometime before that.I think that with the new nylon and plastic oil fittings you could come up with some kind of close quartered fitting to sneak it around the tunnel if you wanted to.
 
Have you considered the bracket that attaches to the steering column? It may be available in dual gauge only but adding a temperature gauge isn't a bad idea.

Charlie Stephens
 
Thats what I did on my 31 tudor. Actually an oil pressure gauge is mostly useless on a gravity and dip oiling system.
 
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